# vacation

> English word · Noun · IPA /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #3,664

## Definitions
1. An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
2. An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
4. The act of vacating something; moving out.
5. The act of making legally void.
6. Freedom from some business or activity.
7. Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **vocation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vacation-vs-vocation)
- **variation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vacation-vs-variation)
- **valuation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vacation-vs-valuation)

## Common misspellings (12)
`avcation`, `vaaction`, `vacaiton`, `vacasion`, `vacatino`, `vacationn`, `vacatoin`, `vacattion`, `vaccation`, `vactaion`, `vcaation`, `vvacation`

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