# knowledge

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈnɒlɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #1,172

## Definitions
1. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
2. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
3. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
4. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
5. Justified true belief
6. Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
7. Information or intelligence about something; notice.
8. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
9. Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
10. Acknowledgement.
11. Notice, awareness.
12. The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.

## Etymology
From Middle English knowleche, knaweleche, cnawlece (“knowledge”), from knowen (“to know, recognise”) + -leche. Related to Middle English knowlechen (“to find out, acknowledge”). For more on the Middle English suffix -leche, compare freelage. Compare also Old English cnāwelǣċ, cnāwelǣċing (“acknowledging, acknowledgement”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`kknowledge`, `knnowledge`, `knolwedge`, `knoweldge`, `knowldege`, `knowleddge`, `knowledeg`, `knowledgge`, `knowlegde`, `knowlledge`, `knowwledge`, `knwoledge`, `konwledge`, `nkowledge`

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