# narration

> English word · Noun · IPA /nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #19,145

## Definitions
1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
2. That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
3. That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

## Etymology
From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō.

## Easily confused with
- **narrator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/narration-vs-narrator)
- **narrative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/narration-vs-narrative)

## Common misspellings (12)
`anrration`, `narartion`, `naration`, `narraiton`, `narrasion`, `narratino`, `narrationn`, `narratoin`, `narrattion`, `narrtaion`, `nnarration`, `nraration`

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