annihilation
an·ni·hi·la·tion/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/noun
annihilation is spelled A-N-N-I-H-I-L-A-T-I-O-N, 5 syllables: an·ni·hi·la·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is anihilation: about 110 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 52 of all searches for the word. Annihilation is a noun meaning “The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence”. The plural of annihilation is annihilations.
How many letters and syllables are in annihilation?
| Letters | 12: A-N-N-I-H-I-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: an·ni·hi·la·tion |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, anihilation, about 110 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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 do you spell annihilation?
Annihilation is spelled A-N-N-I-H-I-L-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 52 of the searches for annihilation in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is annihilation?
Annihilation appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 annihilation?
- /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
Annihilation has 5 syllables, split an·ni·hi·la·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-annihilation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of annihilation
- annihilations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does annihilation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
- 2
The act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it.
the annihilation of a corporation
- 3
The state of being annihilated.
- 4
The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Annihilation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | annihilation |
| German | Vernichtung, Zerstörung , Annihilation |
| Portuguese | aniquilação |
| Spanish | aniquilación, aniquilamiento, anihilación, anihilamiento |
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 annihilation come from?
From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).