# tradition

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən/ · frequency rank #3,032

## Definitions
1. A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
2. A commonly held system.
3. An established or distinctive style or method
4. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
5. The entirety of a text's transmission; all the versions of a work.

## Etymology
From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason.

## Easily confused with
- **transition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tradition-vs-transition)
- **traditional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tradition-vs-traditional)
- **traction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traction-vs-tradition)

## Common misspellings (14)
`rtadition`, `tardition`, `traddition`, `tradiiton`, `tradision`, `traditino`, `traditionn`, `traditoin`, `tradittion`, `tradtiion`, `traidtion`, `trdaition`, `trradition`, `ttradition`

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