creation
cre·a·tion/ˈkɹiˈeɪʃən/noun
creation is spelled C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (cre·a·tion). It appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, creation means “Something created such as an invention or artwork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of creation is creations.
How many letters and syllables are in creation?
| Letters | 8: C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cre·a·tion |
| In writing | 36 times per million words; the 2,669th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 creation?
Creation appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th 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 creation?
- /ˈkɹiˈeɪʃən/
- [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ʃn̩]
Creation has 3 syllables, split cre·a·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-creation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with creation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as creation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reaction, actioner.
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 creation
- creations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does creation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something created such as an invention or artwork.
I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!
- 2
The act of creating something.
The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.
- 3
All which exists.
Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Creation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something created such as an invention or artwork:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | création |
| German | Erfindung, Werk, Kreation, Schöpfung, Gebilde |
| Portuguese | criação |
| Spanish | creación |
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 creation come from?
Inherited from Middle English creacion, from Old French creacion (modern French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis. By surface analysis, create + -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).