acknowledgement
noun
acknowledgement is spelled A-C-K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E-M-E-N-T: 15 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acknowledgement means “Alternative spelling of acknowledgment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acknowledgement is acknowledgements.
How many letters and syllables are in acknowledgement?
| Letters | 15: A-C-K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); 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).
How common is acknowledgement?
Acknowledgement appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th 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 acknowledgement?
- US
Acknowledgement 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: En-us-acknowledgement.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with acknowledgement
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: acknowledgment.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of acknowledgement
- acknowledgements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acknowledgement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of acknowledgment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).