# violation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #5,647

## Definitions
1. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
2. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
3. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin violātiō (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”). Morphologically violate + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **vocation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violation-vs-vocation)
- **volition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violation-vs-volition)
- **violations** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violation-vs-violations)
- **violating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violating-vs-violation)
- **vibration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vibration-vs-violation)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ivolation`, `viloation`, `vioaltion`, `violaiton`, `violasion`, `violatino`, `violationn`, `violatoin`, `violattion`, `viollation`, `violtaion`, `voilation`, `vviolation`

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