correlation
cor·re·la·tion/ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/noun
correlation is spelled C-O-R-R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N, 4 syllables: cor·re·la·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is collelation: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 385 of all searches for the word. Correlation is a noun meaning “A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects”. The plural of correlation is correlations.
How many letters and syllables are in correlation?
| Letters | 11: C-O-R-R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: cor·re·la·tion |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, collelation, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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 do you spell correlation?
Correlation is spelled C-O-R-R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 380 of the searches for correlation in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is correlation?
Correlation appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 correlation?
- UK /ˌkɒɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌkɑ.ɹəˈleɪ.ʃən/
Correlation has 4 syllables, split cor·re·la·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-correlation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with correlation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as correlation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
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 correlation
- correlations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does correlation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
clear correlation
- 2
One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
- 3
An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate correlation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of correlation: correl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Correlation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | corrélation |
| German | Korrelation, Assoziation, Zusammenhang |
| Portuguese | correlação |
| Spanish | correlación |
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 correlation come from?
From Middle French corrélation. Morphologically correlate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).