perversion

Name: perversion, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“perversion” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,223
frequency rank, English: 4,417
“P” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.

Corpus desk

Index EN-perversion · perversion · English

perversion · rank #34,223 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,223
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 4,417
PHOTO-FINISH pernicious

Nearest frequency peer: pernicious (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

pensioner

65,781
periscope

65,780
pernicious

65,779
perversion

65,778
phylogenetic

65,777
physiothera…

65,776

What this shows “perversion” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for perversion
Property	Value
Headword	perversion
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#34,223
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “perversion”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).perversionlands here:

#34,223

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “pernicious” (#34,222), “phylogenetic” (#34,224), “periscope” (#34,221). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “perversion” is #34,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around perversion, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,223 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for perversion, with forms such as "eprversion", "perevrsion", and "perrversion". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”). The correct English form is perversion, spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
2
The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
3
Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
4
A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
5
Tendril perversion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how perversion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

After all, the great error in human judgment is not so much wilful perversion, as that we judge according to situation, and always make that situation our own; while the chances are, that we really have not one thought, feeling, or habit, in common with those on whom we yet think ourselves qualified to decide.

Etymology

From Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”).

This word in other languages

perversion(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eprversion
perevrsion
perrversion
perverison
perverrsion
perversino
perversionn
perversoin
perverssion
pervertion
pervesrion
pervresion
pervversion
pevrersion
pperversion
preversion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perversion - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "perversion"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perversion"?

"perversion" is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-O-N.

What does "perversion" mean?

As a noun, "perversion" means: The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.

What are common misspellings of "perversion"?

Common misspellings include "eprversion", "perevrsion", "perrversion", "perverison", "perverrsion". The correct spelling is "perversion".

What is the origin of the word "perversion"?

From Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perversion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pernicious#34,222 offsetting#34,211 metastasis#34,194 receptacle#34,253

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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