acidification
/əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
acidification is spelled A-C-I-D-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acidification means “The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acidification is acidifications.
How many letters and syllables are in acidification?
| Letters | 13: A-C-I-D-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is acidification?
Acidification appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce acidification?
- /əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Acidification has 6 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-acidification.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-acidification.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acidification
- acidifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acidification mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acidification in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an ac:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | acidification |
| German | Säurebildung, Säuerung, Säuern, Versäuerung, Ansäuerung, Azidifikation |
| Portuguese | acidificação |
| Spanish | acidificación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does acidification come from?
Borrowed from French acidification, equivalent to acid + -ification.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).