# plantation

> English word · Noun · IPA /plænˈteɪʃən/ · frequency rank #10,910

## Definitions
1. A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
2. An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate.
3. The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
4. A colony established thus.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”), from plantātus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plantāre, + action noun suffix -tiō.

## Easily confused with
- **PlayStation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plantation-vs-playstation)
- **plantain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plantain-vs-plantation)

## Common misspellings (16)
`lpantation`, `palntation`, `planattion`, `planntation`, `plantaiton`, `plantasion`, `plantatino`, `plantationn`, `plantatoin`, `plantattion`, `planttaion`, `planttation`, `platnation`, `pllantation`, `plnatation`, `pplantation`

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