adoration
ad·o·ra·tion/ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/noun
adoration is spelled A-D-O-R-A-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 4 syllables (ad·o·ra·tion). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, adoration means “An act of religious worship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of adoration is adorations.
How many letters and syllables are in adoration?
| Letters | 9: A-D-O-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ad·o·ra·tion |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is adoration?
Adoration appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 adoration?
- /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Adoration has 4 syllables, split ad·o·ra·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-adoration.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-adoration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of adoration
- adorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adoration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of religious worship.
- 2
Admiration or esteem.
- 3
The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination; an intense love sometimes bordering on veneration or infatuation.
Because of Gerald's adoration for Katie, he was blind to her flaws.
- 4
The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
- 5
Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adoration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an act of religious worship:
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 adoration come from?
Borrowed from Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō, adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”). From adore + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).