elevation
/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/
"elevation" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“elevation” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,279 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,279
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elevation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elevation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for elevation is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,279 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for elevation, with forms such as "eelvation", "eleavtion", and "elevaiton". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "elevator", "elation", "election", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate + -ion. The correct English form is elevation, spelled E-L-E-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
- 2The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
- 3That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
- 4The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
- 5The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
- 6The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
- 7The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
- 8A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
- 9The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
- 10An opium mixture used in the Fens to improve the mood and prevent malaria.
Etymology
From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate + -ion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eelvation,eleavtion,elevaiton,elevasion,elevatino,elevationn,elevatoin,elevattion,elevtaion,elevvation,ellevation,elveation,leevation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of elevation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “elevation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-L-E-V-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “elevator” - see the side-by-side comparison. elevation vs elevator
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.