conflagration
/ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/noun
conflagration is spelled C-O-N-F-L-A-G-R-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, conflagration means “A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of conflagration is conflagrations.
How many letters and syllables are in conflagration?
| Letters | 13: C-O-N-F-L-A-G-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is conflagration?
Conflagration appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 conflagration?
- /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/
Conflagration 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-conflagration.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of conflagration
- conflagrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conflagration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
It took sixty firefighters to put out the conflagration.
- 2
A large-scale conflict.
- 3
A situation of great passion or emotion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conflagration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conflagration, incendie |
| German | Feuersbrunst, Großbrand , Flächenbrand |
| Portuguese | conflagração |
| Spanish | conflagración (disused) , conflagración |
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 conflagration come from?
From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).