captivation
noun
captivation is spelled C-A-P-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, captivation means “The act of captivating or the state of being captivated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of captivation is captivations.
How many letters and syllables are in captivation?
| Letters | 11: C-A-P-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is captivation?
Captivation appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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 captivation?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-captivation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of captivation
- captivations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does captivation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Captivation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act or state of being captivated:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | captivación, cautivación |
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 captivation come from?
From captivate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).