segregation

Name: segregation, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/

//sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“segregation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,057
frequency rank, English: 54,294
“S” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.

Key facts for segregation
Property	Value
Headword	segregation
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#13,057
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “segregation” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). segregation lands here:

#13,057

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around segregation (IPA /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,057 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for segregation, with forms such as "esgregation", "segergation", and "seggregation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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: 1555. From Latin segregatio. Morphologically segregate + -ion. The correct English form is segregation, spelled S-E-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
2
The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
3
The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
4
Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
5
The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
6
The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
7
The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
8
Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
9
The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.

Etymology

1555. From Latin segregatio. Morphologically segregate + -ion.

Synonyms

apartheid Jim Crow law

Antonyms

desegregation

This word in other languages

segregación(Español)ségrégation(Français)Trennung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

esgregation
segergation
seggregation
segreagtion
segregaiton
segregasion
segregatino
segregationn
segregatoin
segregattion
segreggation
segregtaion
segrgeation
segrregation
sergegation
sgeregation
ssegregation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of segregation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "segregation"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "segregation"?

"segregation" is spelled S-E-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/.

What does "segregation" mean?

As a noun, "segregation" means: The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.

What are common misspellings of "segregation"?

Common misspellings include "esgregation", "segergation", "seggregation", "segreagtion", "segregaiton". The correct spelling is "segregation".

How do you pronounce "segregation"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "segregation" is /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "segregation"?

1555. From Latin segregatio. Morphologically segregate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “segregation”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is S-E-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.