# treason

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹiː.zən/ · frequency rank #9,118

## Definitions
1. The crime of betraying one’s own country.
2. An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.

## Etymology
From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”). Doublet of tradition.

## Easily confused with
- **Trenton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treason-vs-trenton)

## Common misspellings (10)
`rteason`, `terason`, `traeson`, `treaosn`, `treasno`, `treasonn`, `treasson`, `tresaon`, `trreason`, `ttreason`

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