# faction

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfæk.ʃən/ · frequency rank #9,746

## Definitions
1. A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
2. Strife; discord.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin factiō (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faciō (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.

## Easily confused with
- **factor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-factor)
- **fashion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-fashion)
- **fiction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-fiction)
- **function** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-function)
- **fraction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-fraction)
- **friction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-friction)
- **factional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-factional)

## Common misspellings (11)
`afction`, `facction`, `faciton`, `facsion`, `factino`, `factionn`, `factoin`, `facttion`, `fatcion`, `fcation`, `ffaction`

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