germination

Name: germination, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“germination” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,995. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,995
frequency rank, English: 2,313
“G” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Corpus desk

Index EN-germination · germination · English

germination · rank #36,995 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #36,995
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 2,313
PHOTO-FINISH genocidal

Nearest frequency peer: genocidal (-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.

frayed

63,010
furlong

63,008
genocidal

63,007
germination

63,006
geyser

63,005
gibbon

63,004

What this shows “germination” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for germination
Property	Value
Headword	germination
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#36,995
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “germination”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).germinationlands here:

#36,995

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “genocidal” (#36,994), “geyser” (#36,996), “furlong” (#36,993). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “germination” is #36,995. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around germination, anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,995 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for germination, with forms such as "egrmination", "gemrination", and "gerimnation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin germinātiō, By surface analysis, germinate + -ion. The correct English form is germination, spelled G-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how germination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germinātiō, By surface analysis, germinate + -ion.

This word in other languages

germinación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egrmination
gemrination
gerimnation
germiantion
germinaiton
germinasion
germinatino
germinationn
germinatoin
germinattion
germinnation
germintaion
germmination
germniation
gerrmination
ggermination
gremination

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of germination - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "germination"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "germination"?

"germination" is spelled G-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

What does "germination" mean?

As a noun, "germination" means: The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

What are common misspellings of "germination"?

Common misspellings include "egrmination", "gemrination", "gerimnation", "germiantion", "germinaiton". The correct spelling is "germination".

What is the origin of the word "germination"?

Borrowed from Latin germinātiō, By surface analysis, germinate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "germination", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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