affiliation
/əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/noun
affiliation is spelled A-F-F-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, affiliation means “The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of affiliation is affiliations.
How many letters and syllables are in affiliation?
| Letters | 11: A-F-F-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is affiliation?
Affiliation appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 affiliation?
- US /əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/
Affiliation 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)-Vealhurl-affiliation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with affiliation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as affiliation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
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 affiliation
- affiliations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does affiliation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
- 2
The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity.
- 3
A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate affiliation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of affiliation: aff..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Affiliation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Zugehörigkeit, Verbindung , Zusammenschluss |
| Portuguese | afiliação, filiação |
| Spanish | afiliación, filiación |
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 affiliation come from?
From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) + filiō (from filius (“son”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).