specification

noun

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"specification" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“specification” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,449
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

Corpus desk

Index EN-specification · specification · English

specification · rank #10,449 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,449
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spacecraft

Nearest frequency peer: spacecraft (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “specification”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “specification” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for specification
PropertyValue
Headwordspecification
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#10,449
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “specification”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).specificationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “spacecraft” (#10,448), “splendid” (#10,451), “shattered” (#10,446). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “specification” is #10,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around specification, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,449 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for specification, with forms such as "psecification", "sepcification", and "spceification". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio). The correct English form is specification, spelled S-P-E-C-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
  2. 2
    An act of specifying.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how specification appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The contractor followed the architect’s specifications.
  2. Each computer is built to the customer’s exact specification.

Etymology

From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio).

This word in other languages

especificación(Español)spécification(Français)Spezifikation(Deutsch)especificação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psecification
  • sepcification
  • spceification
  • speccification
  • specfiication
  • specifciation
  • speciffication
  • specifiaction
  • specificaiton
  • specificasion
  • specificatino
  • specificationn
  • specificatoin
  • specificattion
  • specificcation
  • specifictaion
  • speciifcation
  • speicfication
  • sppecification
  • sspecification

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of specification - 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.

psecification2sepcification2spceification2speccification1specfiication2specifciation2speciffication1specifiaction2
Edit distance from "specification"

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 "specification"?
"specification" is spelled S-P-E-C-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "specification" mean?
As a noun, "specification" means: An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
What are common misspellings of "specification"?
Common misspellings include "psecification", "sepcification", "spceification", "speccification", "specfiication". The correct spelling is "specification".
What is the origin of the word "specification"?
From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "specification", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

consolidation20 variantsdevelopmental20 variantsnorthwestern20 variantscontamination20 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list