# perfection

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ · frequency rank #7,260

## Definitions
1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
3. The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.

## Etymology
From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Equivalent to perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.

## Easily confused with
- **persecution** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perfection-vs-persecution)
- **perception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perception-vs-perfection)
- **perfecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perfecting-vs-perfection)

## Common misspellings (16)
`eprfection`, `pefrection`, `perefction`, `perfcetion`, `perfecction`, `perfeciton`, `perfecsion`, `perfectino`, `perfectionn`, `perfectoin`, `perfecttion`, `perfetcion`, `perffection`, `perrfection`, `pperfection`, `prefection`

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