integration
/ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
"integration" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“integration” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,955 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,955
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act or process of making whole or entire.
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 | integration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “integration” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for integration is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,955 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for integration, with forms such as "inetgration", "inntegration", and "integartion". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "iteration", "integrator", "interaction", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French intégration, from Latin integratio. Morphologically integrate + -ion. The correct English form is integration, spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of making whole or entire.
- 2The process of combining with compatible elements in order to incorporate them.
- 3The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.
- 4The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.
- 5The operation of finding the integral of a function.
- 6In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.
Etymology
From French intégration, from Latin integratio. Morphologically integrate + -ion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inetgration,inntegration,integartion,integgration,integraiton,integrasion,integratino,integrationn,integratoin,integrattion,integrration,integrtaion,intergation,intgeration,inttegration,itnegration,nitegration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of integration - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “integration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “iteration” - see the side-by-side comparison. integration vs iteration
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.