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congregation

con·gre·ga·tion/ˌkɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/noun

congregation is spelled C-O-N-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 4 syllables (con·gre·ga·tion). It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, congregation means “The act of congregating or collecting together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of congregation is congregations.

How many letters and syllables are in congregation?

Letters12: C-O-N-G-R-E-G-A-T-I-O-N
Syllables4: con·gre·ga·tion
In writing6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 congregation?

Congregation appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 congregation?

  • UK /ˌkɒŋɡɹɪˈɡeɪʃən/
  • US /ˌkɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/

Congregation has 4 syllables, split con·gre·ga·tion in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-congregation.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-congregation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with congregation?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as congregation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):

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 congregation

  • congregations plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does congregation mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The act of congregating or collecting together.

  2. 2

    A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship, especially those present at a devotional service or who regularly attend such services, particularly in contrast to the leadership, choir or others.

  3. 3

    A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.

  4. 4

    A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.

  5. 5

    Any large gathering of people.

  6. 6

    A flock of birds.

  7. 7

    A group of alligators or crocodiles.

  8. 8

    UKThe main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate congregation?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of congregation: cong..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Congregation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchrassemblement (act of congregating), assemblée des fidèles (religious gathering of people in a place of…), congrégation (Roman Congregation), assemblée (large gathering of people)
GermanVersammeln, Zusammenführen (act of congregating), Gemeindeversammlung, Gemeindetreffen (religious gathering of people in a place of…), Kongregation (Roman Congregation), versammelte Gemeinde (corporate body)
Portuguesecongregação, assembleia (religious gathering of people in a place of…)
Spanishcongregación (religious gathering of people in a place of…)

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 congregation come from?

From Middle English congregacioun, from Old French congregacion, from Latin congregātiō, itself from congregō (“to herd into a flock”). Adopted (1520s) by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “those called together, (popular) meeting”) (hence Latin ecclēsia) in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church. By surface analysis, congregate + -ion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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