# recommendation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #6,173

## Definitions
1. An act of recommending.
2. That which is recommended.
3. A commendation or endorsement.
4. A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)

## Etymology
From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio.

## Easily confused with
- **recommendations** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recommendation-vs-recommendations)

## Common misspellings (20)
`ercommendation`, `rceommendation`, `reccommendation`, `recmomendation`, `recomemndation`, `recomendation`, `recommednation`, `recommenadtion`, `recommendaiton`, `recommendasion`, `recommendatino`, `recommendationn`, `recommendatoin`, `recommendattion`, `recommenddation`, `recommendtaion`, `recommenndation`, `recommnedation`, `reocmmendation`, `rrecommendation`

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