# notification

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ · frequency rank #8,068

## Definitions
1. The act of notifying.
2. A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
3. A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.

## Etymology
From Middle French notification, from Old French notificacion, from Latin nōtificātiō.

## Common misspellings (18)
`nnotification`, `noitfication`, `notfiication`, `notifciation`, `notiffication`, `notifiaction`, `notificaiton`, `notificasion`, `notificatino`, `notificationn`, `notificatoin`, `notificattion`, `notificcation`, `notifictaion`, `notiifcation`, `nottification`, `ntoification`, `ontification`

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