cremation
/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/noun
cremation is spelled C-R-E-M-A-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cremation means “A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cremation is cremations.
How many letters and syllables are in cremation?
| Letters | 9: C-R-E-M-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th 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 cremation?
Cremation appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 cremation?
- /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/
Cremation 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cremation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cremation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cremation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: manticore.
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 cremation
- cremations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cremation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cremation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crémation |
| German | Einäscherung, Feuerbestattung, Kremation, Kremierung, Leichenverbrennung |
| Portuguese | cremação |
| Spanish | cremación |
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 cremation come from?
Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).