attraction
/əˈtɹækʃn̩/noun
attraction is spelled A-T-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, attraction means “The tendency to attract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of attraction is attractions.
How many letters and syllables are in attraction?
| Letters | 10: A-T-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th 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 attraction?
Attraction appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th 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 attraction?
- US /əˈtɹækʃn̩/
- US [əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]
- US [əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]
Attraction has 3 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: En-us-attraction.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-attraction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with attraction?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as attraction from its last stressed vowel (/ækʃn/):
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 attraction
- attractions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attraction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The tendency to attract.
The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.
- 2
The state of being attractive.
I can't resist his attraction.
- 3
An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
The new mall should be a major attraction.
- 4
The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
- 5
The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
I kept returning there because I felt a strange attraction towards the place.
- 6
Sexual or romantic desire (especially for a usually specified individual, kind of person, etc).
I've always had an attraction to blondes.
- 7
An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Attraction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | attraction , attirance |
| German | Anziehung, Anziehungskraft, Reiz, Liebreiz , Attraktion |
| Portuguese | atração |
| Spanish | atracción |
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 attraction come from?
From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).