# repulsion

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈpʌlʃən/ · frequency rank #46,733

## Definitions
1. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
2. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
3. The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.

## Easily confused with
- **repulsive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repulsion-vs-repulsive)
- **revulsion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repulsion-vs-revulsion)
- **recursion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recursion-vs-repulsion)

## Common misspellings (14)
`erpulsion`, `replusion`, `reppulsion`, `repulison`, `repullsion`, `repulsino`, `repulsionn`, `repulsoin`, `repulssion`, `repultion`, `repuslion`, `reuplsion`, `rpeulsion`, `rrepulsion`

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