# perversion

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,223

## Definitions
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.

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

## Common misspellings (16)
`eprversion`, `perevrsion`, `perrversion`, `perverison`, `perverrsion`, `perversino`, `perversionn`, `perversoin`, `perverssion`, `pervertion`, `pervesrion`, `pervresion`, `pervversion`, `pevrersion`, `pperversion`, `preversion`

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