annexation
noun
annexation is spelled A-N-N-E-X-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, annexation means “Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of annexation is annexations.
How many letters and syllables are in annexation?
| Letters | 10: A-N-N-E-X-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th 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 annexation?
Annexation appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 annexation?
- US
Annexation 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-annexation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of annexation
- annexations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does annexation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
- 2
A legal merging of a territory into another body.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Annexation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense addition or incorporation of something:
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 annexation come from?
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).