registration
Definition, pronunciation, etymology, and usage for the English word. Free spelling reference powered by Wiktionary.
Letters
12 characters
Language
English
word origin
Source
Wiktionary
open dictionary
Access
Free
no sign-up needed
Detailed reference entry for the English word "registration", 12-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "registration" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "registration" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
registration is aEnglishnoun. It means: The act of signing up or registering for something. Pronounced /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/. It ranks #4,185 in English word frequency.
Compare similar words
See how registration compares against similar English words.
Browse all word comparisons →| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | registration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for registration is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,185 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for registration, with forms such as "ergistration", "reggistration", and "regisrtation". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From register + -ation. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is registration, spelled R-E-G-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The act of signing up or registering for something.
- 2That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers.
- 3Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.
- 4The location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
- 5The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
- 6Ellipsis of registration number.
Etymology
From register + -ation.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ergistration,reggistration,regisrtation,regisstration,registartion,registraiton,registrasion,registratino,registrationn,registratoin,registrattion,registrration,registrtaion,registtration,regitsration,regsitration,reigstration,rgeistration,rregistration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for registration
Misspelling Variants of "registration"
Frequency rank: #4,185 in English
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "registration"?
What does "registration" mean?
What are common misspellings of "registration"?
How do you pronounce "registration"?
What is the origin of the word "registration"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Nearby English words
Other entries that begin with the letter R in our English index: