compilation
/ˌkɑm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/noun
compilation is spelled C-O-M-P-I-L-A-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is compiliation: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 250 of all searches for the word. Compilation is a noun meaning “The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources”. The plural of compilation is compilations.
How many letters and syllables are in compilation?
| Letters | 11: C-O-M-P-I-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, compiliation, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell compilation?
Compilation is spelled C-O-M-P-I-L-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 250 of the searches for compilation 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 compilation?
Compilation appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th 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 compilation?
- UK /ˌkɒm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌkɑm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
Compilation 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: En-us-compilation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with compilation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as compilation 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 compilation
- compilations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does compilation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
- 2
That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of the best songs they'd heard at the festival.
- 3
Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate compilation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of compilation: comp..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Compilation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | compilation |
| German | Zusammenstellung , Sammelwerk, Sammlung, Auswahl , Kompilation |
| Portuguese | compilação, coletânea |
| Spanish | compilación |
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 compilation come from?
English compile + -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).