# experimentation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ɪ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #15,608

## Definitions
1. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
2. A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.

## Etymology
From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), "attempt". Morphologically experiment + -ation.

## Common misspellings (23)
`epxerimentation`, `exeprimentation`, `expeirmentation`, `experiemntation`, `experimenattion`, `experimenntation`, `experimentaiton`, `experimentasion`, `experimentatino`, `experimentationn`, `experimentatoin`, `experimentattion`, `experimenttaion`, `experimenttation`, `experimetnation`, `experimmentation`, `experimnetation`, `expermientation`, `experrimentation`, `expperimentation`, `expreimentation`, `exxperimentation`, `xeperimentation`

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