medication

/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/

//mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

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"medication" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“medication” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,610
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

Corpus desk

Index EN-medication · medication · English

medication · rank #5,610 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,610
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mathematics

Nearest frequency peer: mathematics (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “medication”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “medication” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

medication vs meditation
90% similar
medication vs mediation
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for medication
PropertyValue
Headwordmedication
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,610
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “medication”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).medicationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “mathematics” (#5,609), “minded” (#5,611), “Lt” (#5,608). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “medication” is #5,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around medication (IPA /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,610 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for medication, with forms such as "emdication", "mdeication", and "medciation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "meditation", "mediation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English medicacioun, from Middle French médication and its etymon Latin medicātiō, from medicārī (“to heal, cure”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from medērī (“to heal”). Equivalent to medicate + -ion. The correct English form is medication, spelled M-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
  2. 2
    The administration of medicine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how medication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Have you been taking your medication? [uncountable]
  2. Have you been taking your medications? [countable]

Etymology

From Middle English medicacioun, from Middle French médication and its etymon Latin medicātiō, from medicārī (“to heal, cure”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from medērī (“to heal”). Equivalent to medicate + -ion.

This word in other languages

medicamento(Español)médication(Français)Medikation(Deutsch)medicamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emdication
  • mdeication
  • medciation
  • meddication
  • mediaction
  • medicaiton
  • medicasion
  • medicatino
  • medicationn
  • medicatoin
  • medicattion
  • mediccation
  • medictaion
  • meidcation
  • mmedication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of medication - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emdication2mdeication2medciation2meddication1mediaction2medicaiton2medicasion1medicatino2
Edit distance from "medication"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "medication"?
"medication" is spelled M-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What does "medication" mean?
As a noun, "medication" means: A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
What words are commonly confused with "medication"?
"medication" is commonly confused with "meditation", "mediation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "medication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medication" is /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "medication"?
From Middle English medicacioun, from Middle French médication and its etymon Latin medicātiō, from medicārī (“to heal, cure”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from medērī (“to heal”). Equivalent to medicate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "medication", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

earthquake#5,592convenient#5,588compromise#5,587translated#5,641

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

embarrassing15 variantsvegetables15 variantsadventures15 variantsinvitation15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list