# meditation

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/ · frequency rank #7,714

## Definitions
1. A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
2. Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
3. A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
4. A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
5. Careful and thorough thought.

## Etymology
From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).

## Easily confused with
- **meditative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meditation-vs-meditative)
- **mediation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mediation-vs-meditation)
- **medication** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medication-vs-meditation)

## Common misspellings (15)
`emditation`, `mdeitation`, `medditation`, `mediattion`, `meditaiton`, `meditasion`, `meditatino`, `meditationn`, `meditatoin`, `meditattion`, `medittaion`, `medittation`, `medtiation`, `meidtation`, `mmeditation`

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