# transfiguration

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,972

## Definitions
1. A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
2. A change that exalts or glorifies.
3. superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.

## Etymology
From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.

## Common misspellings (24)
`rtansfiguration`, `tarnsfiguration`, `tranfsiguration`, `trannsfiguration`, `transffiguration`, `transfgiuration`, `transfigguration`, `transfigruation`, `transfiguartion`, `transfiguraiton`, `transfigurasion`, `transfiguratino`, `transfigurationn`, `transfiguratoin`, `transfigurattion`, `transfigurration`, `transfigurtaion`, `transfiugration`, `transifguration`, `transsfiguration`, `trasnfiguration`, `trnasfiguration`, `trransfiguration`, `ttransfiguration`

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