cavitation
/ˌkævɪˈteɪʃən/noun
cavitation is spelled C-A-V-I-T-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cavitation means “The formation of pits on a surface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cavitation is cavitations.
How many letters and syllables are in cavitation?
| Letters | 10: C-A-V-I-T-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cavitation?
Cavitation appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th 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 cavitation?
- /ˌkævɪˈteɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-cavitation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cavitation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cavitation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: activation.
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 cavitation
- cavitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cavitation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The formation of pits on a surface.
- 2
The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.
- 3
The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cavitation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense formation of vapor bubbles:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cavitation |
| Portuguese | cavitação |
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 cavitation come from?
From cavity + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).