acclamation

/æk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən/noun

acclamation is spelled A-C-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “acclamation vs acclimation” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, acclamation means “A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acclamation is acclamations.

How many letters and syllables are in acclamation?

Letters	11: A-C-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N
Syllables	4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Pairs people search	acclamation vs acclimation
Sounds like	acclimation
Rhymes with	situation association population administration more

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is acclamation?

Acclamation appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.

acclamation0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce acclamation?

US /æk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Acclamation has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-acclamation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with acclamation

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

acclamation vs acclimation40 G

Sounds like: acclimation (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with acclamation?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as acclamation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of acclamation

acclamations plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does acclamation mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
2
The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates.
See also: uncontested, by default
3
A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
4
An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.