# imagination

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ · frequency rank #4,954

## Definitions
1. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
3. Creativity; resourcefulness.
4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

## Etymology
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.

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

## Common misspellings (16)
`iamgination`, `imaggination`, `imagiantion`, `imaginaiton`, `imaginasion`, `imaginatino`, `imaginationn`, `imaginatoin`, `imaginattion`, `imaginnation`, `imagintaion`, `imagniation`, `imaignation`, `imgaination`, `immagination`, `miagination`

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