declaration
/ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/noun
declaration is spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, declaration means “An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of declaration is declarations.
How many letters and syllables are in declaration?
| Letters | 11: D-E-C-L-A-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 declaration?
Declaration appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 declaration?
- US /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Australia /ˌdek.ləˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
Declaration has 4 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: En-us-declaration.ogg, En-au-declaration.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with declaration?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as declaration from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
Spelled with the same letters in another order: redactional.
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 declaration
- declarations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does declaration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- 2
archaicSpecifically, a declaration of love.
- 3
A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- 4
The act or process of declaring.
- 5
The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- 6
In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- 7
The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate declaration?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of declaration: dec, decl, decl..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Declaration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déclaration |
| German | Erklärung, Deklaration |
| Portuguese | declaração |
| Spanish | declaración |
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 declaration come from?
From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin dēclārātiōnem, accusative of Latin dēclārātiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).