# frustration

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #7,451

## Definitions
1. The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
2. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
3. The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
4. A thing that frustrates.
5. Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.

## Etymology
From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **frustrating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frustrating-vs-frustration)

## Common misspellings (18)
`ffrustration`, `frrustration`, `frsutration`, `frusrtation`, `frusstration`, `frustartion`, `frustraiton`, `frustrasion`, `frustratino`, `frustrationn`, `frustratoin`, `frustrattion`, `frustrration`, `frustrtaion`, `frusttration`, `frutsration`, `furstration`, `rfustration`

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