# suspicion

> English word · Noun · IPA /səˈspɪʃ.ən/ · frequency rank #7,506

## Definitions
1. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
2. The condition of being suspected.
3. Uncertainty, doubt.
4. A trace, or slight indication.
5. The imagining of something without evidence.

## Etymology
From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **suspicious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suspicion-vs-suspicious)
- **suspicions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suspicion-vs-suspicions)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ssupicion`, `ssuspicion`, `supsicion`, `susipcion`, `suspciion`, `suspiccion`, `suspicino`, `suspicionn`, `suspicoin`, `suspiicon`, `susppicion`, `susspicion`, `usspicion`

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