# procession

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹəˈsɛʃən/ · frequency rank #13,589

## Definitions
1. The act of progressing or proceeding.
2. A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
3. A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
4. Litanies said in procession and not kneeling.
5. The rapid dismissal of a series of batsmen.

## Etymology
From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin prōcessiō (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from prōcēdere, past participle prōcessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed.

## Easily confused with
- **processor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/procession-vs-processor)
- **profession** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/procession-vs-profession)
- **progression** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/procession-vs-progression)
- **processing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/processing-vs-procession)

## Common misspellings (14)
`porcession`, `pprocession`, `prcoession`, `proccession`, `procesion`, `procesison`, `processino`, `processionn`, `processoin`, `procestion`, `procsesion`, `proecssion`, `prrocession`, `rpocession`

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