adulteration
noun
adulteration is spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, adulteration means “The process of adulterating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of adulteration is adulterations.
How many letters and syllables are in adulteration?
| Letters | 12: A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th 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 adulteration?
Adulteration appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th 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 adulteration?
- US
Adulteration has 5 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)-Vininn126-adulteration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of adulteration
- adulterations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adulteration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of adulterating.
- 2
The condition of being adulterated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adulteration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of adulterating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | adulteração |
| Spanish | adulteración |
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 adulteration come from?
From Middle French adulteration and its etymon Latin adulterātĭō. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).