# respiration

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #27,268

## Definitions
1. The process of inhaling and exhaling.
2. An act of breathing: a single breath.
3. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
4. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.

## Etymology
From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.

## Easily confused with
- **respirator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/respiration-vs-respirator)
- **restoration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/respiration-vs-restoration)
- **reparation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reparation-vs-respiration)

## Common misspellings (17)
`erspiration`, `repsiration`, `resipration`, `respiartion`, `respiraiton`, `respirasion`, `respiratino`, `respirationn`, `respiratoin`, `respirattion`, `respirration`, `respirtaion`, `resppiration`, `respriation`, `resspiration`, `rrespiration`, `rsepiration`

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