congratulations
/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/interjection, noun
congratulations is spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S: 15 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “congradulations vs congratulations” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As an interjection, congratulations means “Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in congratulations?
| Letters | 15: C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| 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 common is congratulations?
Congratulations appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th 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 congratulations?
- US /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
- US /-t͡ʃʊ-/
- US /-d͡ʒə-/
Congratulations has 5 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-uk-congratulations.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with congratulations
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: congradulations.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with congratulations?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as congratulations from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃnz/):
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).
What does congratulations mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!
noun
- 1
plural of congratulation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate congratulations?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of congratulations: congrats.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Congratulations in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense expressing approbation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | félicitations |
| German | Glückwunsch, herzlichen Glückwunsch |
| Portuguese | parabéns, congratulações |
| Spanish | felicidades, enhorabuena |
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.