# elevation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/ · frequency rank #8,279

## Definitions
1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
2. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
4. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
5. The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
6. The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
7. The 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.
8. A 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.
9. The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
10. An 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.

## Easily confused with
- **elevator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elevation-vs-elevator)
- **elation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elation-vs-elevation)
- **election** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-elevation)

## Common misspellings (13)
`eelvation`, `eleavtion`, `elevaiton`, `elevasion`, `elevatino`, `elevationn`, `elevatoin`, `elevattion`, `elevtaion`, `elevvation`, `ellevation`, `elveation`, `leevation`

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