# election

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/ · frequency rank #870

## Definitions
1. A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
2. The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
3. An option that is selected.
4. Any conscious choice.
5. In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
6. Those who are elected.

## Etymology
From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“to pluck out, to choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **elector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-elector)
- **electron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-electron)
- **erection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-erection)
- **eviction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-eviction)
- **elective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-elective)
- **exertion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-exertion)
- **elections** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-elections)
- **execution** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-execution)
- **elevation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-elevation)
- **electrons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-electrons)
- **elation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elation-vs-election)
- **ejection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ejection-vs-election)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eelction`, `elcetion`, `elecction`, `eleciton`, `elecsion`, `electino`, `electionn`, `electoin`, `electtion`, `eletcion`, `ellection`, `leection`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/election