consumption
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/noun
consumption is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-P-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, consumption means “The act of eating, drinking or using” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of consumption is consumptions.
How many letters and syllables are in consumption?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-S-U-M-P-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 22 times per million words; the 3,939th 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 consumption?
Consumption appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th 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 consumption?
- /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
Consumption has 3 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-consumption.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of consumption
- consumptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does consumption mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of eating, drinking or using.
The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
- 2
The amount consumed.
gross national consumption
- 3
The act of consuming or destroying.
The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
- 4
The wasting away of the human body through disease.
- 5
datedPulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
- 6
datedAlcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Consumption in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | consommation , consomption |
| German | Konsum, Verzehr, Verbrauch, Aufnahme , Verbrauchswert |
| Portuguese | consumo |
| Spanish | consumo, consunción, consumición, consumimiento |
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.