# regulation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/ · frequency rank #3,781

## Definitions
1. The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
2. A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
3. A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
4. A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
5. A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
6. Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
7. Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

## Etymology
From regulate + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **relation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regulation-vs-relation)
- **regulator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regulation-vs-regulator)
- **reputation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regulation-vs-reputation)
- **revelation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regulation-vs-revelation)
- **regulations** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regulation-vs-regulations)
- **regulating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regulating-vs-regulation)
- **refutation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refutation-vs-regulation)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ergulation`, `reggulation`, `regluation`, `regualtion`, `regulaiton`, `regulasion`, `regulatino`, `regulationn`, `regulatoin`, `regulattion`, `regullation`, `regultaion`, `reuglation`, `rgeulation`, `rregulation`

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