# fashion

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfæʃən/ · frequency rank #1,598

## Definitions
1. A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
2. Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.
3. A style or manner in which something is done.
4. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
5. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction.

## Easily confused with
- **fusion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fashion-vs-fusion)
- **fission** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fashion-vs-fission)
- **fashioned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fashion-vs-fashioned)
- **faction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faction-vs-fashion)

## Common misspellings (10)
`afshion`, `fahsion`, `fashhion`, `fashino`, `fashionn`, `fashoin`, `fasihon`, `fasshion`, `ffashion`, `fsahion`

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