curation
cu·ra·tion/kjəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
curation is spelled C-U-R-A-T-I-O-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (cu·ra·tion). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, curation means “The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of curation is curations.
How many letters and syllables are in curation?
| Letters | 8: C-U-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cu·ra·tion |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 curation?
Curation appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 curation?
- /kjəˈɹeɪʃən/
- /kjʊˈɹeɪʃən/
Curation has 3 syllables, split cu·ra·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-curation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with curation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as curation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nocturia.
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 curation
- curations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does curation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
- 2
archaicThe act of curing or healing.
- 3
The manual updating of information in a database.
- 4
The selective assembly and presentation of information.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Curation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | recopilación |
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 curation come from?
From Middle English curacioun, curacion, from Old French curacion, from Latin cūrātiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).