# obfuscation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɒb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #49,530

## Definitions
1. The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
2. The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
3. Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
4. A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.

## Etymology
From Middle English obfuscacioun, from Latin obfuscātiō, obfuscātiōnem, from obfuscāre (“to darken”), from ob (“over”) + fuscāre (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

## Common misspellings (17)
`bofuscation`, `obbfuscation`, `obffuscation`, `obfsucation`, `obfucsation`, `obfusaction`, `obfuscaiton`, `obfuscasion`, `obfuscatino`, `obfuscationn`, `obfuscatoin`, `obfuscattion`, `obfusccation`, `obfusctaion`, `obfusscation`, `obufscation`, `ofbuscation`

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