# introspection

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/ · frequency rank #29,697

## Definitions
1. A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.
2. Clipping of type introspection.

## Etymology
From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) stem of intrōspiciō (“to look into, look at, examine, observe attentively”), from intro- (“inward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, introspect + -ion.

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

## Common misspellings (21)
`inntrospection`, `inrtospection`, `intorspection`, `intropsection`, `introsepction`, `introspcetion`, `introspecction`, `introspeciton`, `introspecsion`, `introspectino`, `introspectionn`, `introspectoin`, `introspecttion`, `introspetcion`, `introsppection`, `introsspection`, `intrrospection`, `intrsopection`, `inttrospection`, `itnrospection`, `nitrospection`

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