# gentrification

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #27,852

## Definitions
1. The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.
2. A geographical area that is gradually becoming prosperous due to investment.

## Etymology
From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.

## Common misspellings (22)
`egntrification`, `genntrification`, `genrtification`, `gentirfication`, `gentrfiication`, `gentrifciation`, `gentriffication`, `gentrifiaction`, `gentrificaiton`, `gentrificasion`, `gentrificatino`, `gentrificationn`, `gentrificatoin`, `gentrificattion`, `gentrificcation`, `gentrifictaion`, `gentriifcation`, `gentrrification`, `genttrification`, `getnrification`, `ggentrification`, `gnetrification`

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