continuation
con·tin·u·a·tion/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/noun
continuation is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 5 syllables (con·tin·u·a·tion). It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, continuation means “The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of continuation is continuations.
How many letters and syllables are in continuation?
| Letters | 12: C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: con·tin·u·a·tion |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th 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 continuation?
Continuation appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 continuation?
- US /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
- US /kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
- Australia /kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/
Continuation has 5 syllables, split con·tin·u·a·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-continuation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with continuation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as continuation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃn/):
- information
- formation
- preparation
- presentation
- relation
- identification
- observation
- variation
- obligation
- simulation
- notification
- calculation
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 continuation
- continuations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does continuation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
- 2
That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
the continuation of a story
- 3
A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
- 4
A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Continuation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act or state of continuing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | continuation |
| German | Fortsetzung |
| Portuguese | continuação, prosseguimento |
| Spanish | continuación, continuamiento |
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 continuation come from?
From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).