# integration

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #4,955

## Definitions
1. The act or process of making whole or entire.
2. The process of combining with compatible elements in order to incorporate them.
3. The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.
4. The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.
5. The operation of finding the integral of a function.
6. In 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.

## Easily confused with
- **iteration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/integration-vs-iteration)
- **integrator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/integration-vs-integrator)
- **interaction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/integration-vs-interaction)
- **integrative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/integration-vs-integrative)

## Common misspellings (17)
`inetgration`, `inntegration`, `integartion`, `integgration`, `integraiton`, `integrasion`, `integratino`, `integrationn`, `integratoin`, `integrattion`, `integrration`, `integrtaion`, `intergation`, `intgeration`, `inttegration`, `itnegration`, `nitegration`

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