# indication

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #6,482

## Definitions
1. An act of pointing out or indicating.
2. A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
3. A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
4. A discovery made; information.
5. An explanation; a display.
6. Any symptom or occurrence in a disease that serves to direct to suitable remedies; the problem that warrants and prompts the use of a diagnostic test, imaging mode, or treatment (e.g., medication, surgical procedure).
7. A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

## Etymology
From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **indicator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indication-vs-indicator)
- **induction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indication-vs-induction)
- **invitation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indication-vs-invitation)
- **indicative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indication-vs-indicative)
- **invocation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indication-vs-invocation)
- **indignation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indication-vs-indignation)
- **indicating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indicating-vs-indication)

## Common misspellings (15)
`idnication`, `indciation`, `inddication`, `indiaction`, `indicaiton`, `indicasion`, `indicatino`, `indicationn`, `indicatoin`, `indicattion`, `indiccation`, `indictaion`, `inidcation`, `inndication`, `nidication`

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