creationism
/kɹiˈeɪʃənɪzəm/noun
creationism is spelled C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N-I-S-M: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, creationism means “The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of creationism is creationisms.
How many letters and syllables are in creationism?
| Letters | 11: C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 creationism?
Creationism appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 creationism?
- /kɹiˈeɪʃənɪzəm/
Creationism has 5 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-creationism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with creationism?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as creationism.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: romanticise.
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 creationism
- creationisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does creationism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.
- 2
Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.
- 3
The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Creationism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any creationary theory or belief system:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | créationnisme |
| German | Kreationismus |
| Portuguese | criacionismo |
| Spanish | creacionismo |
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.