# testimony

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/ · frequency rank #5,458

## Definitions
1. Statements made by a witness in court.
2. An account of first-hand experience.
3. In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
4. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *tréyes
Inherited from Middle English testimonie, from Old French testimonie, from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`etstimony`, `tesitmony`, `tesstimony`, `testimmony`, `testimnoy`, `testimonny`, `testimonyy`, `testimoyn`, `testiomny`, `testmiony`, `testtimony`, `tetsimony`, `tsetimony`, `ttestimony`

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