# wakeup

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,713

## Definitions
1. An act or instance of waking up.
2. An act or instance of being awakened; a wake-up call.
3. Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.

## Etymology
Deverbal from wake up.

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

## Common misspellings (8)
`awkeup`, `waekup`, `wakepu`, `wakeupp`, `wakkeup`, `wakuep`, `wkaeup`, `wwakeup`

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