arbitration
/ˌɑɹ.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/noun
arbitration is spelled A-R-B-I-T-R-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arbitration means “The act or process of arbitrating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arbitration is arbitrations.
How many letters and syllables are in arbitration?
| Letters | 11: A-R-B-I-T-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd 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 arbitration?
Arbitration appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 arbitration?
- UK /ˌɑː.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
- UK [ˌɑː.bəˈt̠͡ɹ̠eɪ.ʃn̩]
- US /ˌɑɹ.bɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
Arbitration 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-arbitration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arbitration?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as arbitration 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 arbitration
- arbitrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arbitration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of arbitrating.
- 2
A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
- 3
In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate arbitration?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of arbitration: arbtrn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arbitration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act or process of arbitrating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arbitrage |
| German | Schiedsspruch |
| Portuguese | arbitragem, arbitramento, arbitração |
| Spanish | arbitraje |
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 arbitration come from?
From Middle English arbitracion, borrowed from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, from arbitrari (“to arbitrate, judge”); see arbitrate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).