# translocation

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,934

## Definitions
1. Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
2. A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
3. A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.

## Etymology
From trans- + location.

## Easily confused with
- **translation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translation-vs-translocation)

## Common misspellings (21)
`rtanslocation`, `tarnslocation`, `tranlsocation`, `trannslocation`, `translcoation`, `transllocation`, `transloaction`, `translocaiton`, `translocasion`, `translocatino`, `translocationn`, `translocatoin`, `translocattion`, `transloccation`, `transloctaion`, `transolcation`, `transslocation`, `trasnlocation`, `trnaslocation`, `trranslocation`, `ttranslocation`

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