generation
/ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
"generation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“generation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,601
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-generation · generation · English
generation · rank #1,601 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,601
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH fund
Nearest frequency peer: fund (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “generation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fashion
fashion
98,403 corpus weight
- feature
feature
98,402 corpus weight
- fund
fund
98,401 corpus weight
- generation
generation
98,400 corpus weight
- hearing
hearing
98,399 corpus weight
- hill
hill
98,398 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “generation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | generation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “generation” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around generation (IPA /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,601 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for generation, with forms such as "egneration", "geenration", and "geneartion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "generator", "generative", "generations", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion. The correct English form is generation, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
- 2The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- 3Race, family; breed.
- 4A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
- 5Descendants, progeny; offspring.
- 6The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- 7A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
- 8The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- 9A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
- 10A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
- 11A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
- 12A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how generation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The generation of peat, when not completely under water, is confined to moist situations […]
So all things else, that nourish vitall blood, / Soone as with fury thou doest them inspire, / In generation seek to quench their inward fire.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egneration
- geenration
- geneartion
- generaiton
- generasion
- generatino
- generationn
- generatoin
- generattion
- generration
- genertaion
- genneration
- genreation
- ggeneration
- gneeration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of generation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "generation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "generation". Here's where to go from here.
- "generation" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "generator". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,601 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.