# recognition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ · frequency rank #3,192

## Definitions
1. The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
2. Acceptance as valid or true.
3. Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
4. Honour, favourable note, or attention.
5. The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
6. A return of the feu to the superior.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ercognition`, `rceognition`, `reccognition`, `recgonition`, `recoggnition`, `recogintion`, `recogniiton`, `recognision`, `recognitino`, `recognitionn`, `recognitoin`, `recognittion`, `recognnition`, `recogntiion`, `recongition`, `reocgnition`, `rrecognition`

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