confabulation
con·fab·u·lat·ion/kənˌfæbjʊˈleɪʃən/noun
confabulation is spelled C-O-N-F-A-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 5 syllables (con·fab·u·lat·ion). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, confabulation means “A casual conversation; a chat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of confabulation is confabulations.
How many letters and syllables are in confabulation?
| Letters | 13: C-O-N-F-A-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: con·fab·u·lat·ion |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th 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 confabulation?
Confabulation appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 confabulation?
- US /kənˌfæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
Confabulation has 5 syllables, split con·fab·u·lat·ion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-confabulation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with confabulation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as confabulation 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 confabulation
- confabulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does confabulation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A casual conversation; a chat.
- 2
A fabricated memory believed to be true, especially in someone with dementia or with encephalopathy from advanced alcoholism.
- 3
informalAn assertion, statement, or text generated by a generative AI that is presented by that AI as if it were true but is in fact a made-up, false notion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate confabulation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of confabulation: confab.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Confabulation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fabricated memory:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Konfabulation |
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 confabulation come from?
From Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).