concentration
con·cen·tra·tion/ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/noun
concentration is spelled C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 4 syllables (con·cen·tra·tion). It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,521st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, concentration means “The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of concentration is concentrations.
How many letters and syllables are in concentration?
| Letters | 13: C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: con·cen·tra·tion |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,521st 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; 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 concentration?
Concentration appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,521st 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 concentration?
- UK /ˌkɒn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
Concentration has 4 syllables, split con·cen·tra·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-concentration.wav, En-us-concentration.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with concentration?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as concentration 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 concentration
- concentrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does concentration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- 2
The direction of attention to a specific object.
- 3
The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- 4
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
- 5
A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- 6
The proportion of a substance in a whole.
- 7
The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
- 8
The matching game pelmanism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate concentration?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of concentration: conc., concn..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Concentration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act or process of concentrating:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | concentration |
| German | Konzentration |
| Portuguese | concentração |
| Spanish | concentración |
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 concentration come from?
From New Latin concentrātiō (“(1550) action or an act of coming together at a single place; (1659) extraction or separation of one or more of the metals present in an alloy”). Compare French concentration, Spanish concentración, Italian concentrazione (last quarter of 16th century). Equivalent to concentrate + -ion. By surface analysis, con- + centre + -ate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).