decoration
/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
decoration is spelled D-E-C-O-R-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, decoration means “The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of decoration is decorations.
How many letters and syllables are in decoration?
| Letters | 10: D-E-C-O-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th 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 decoration?
Decoration appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 decoration?
- /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
Decoration 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-decoration.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with decoration?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as decoration.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: coordinate, carotenoid.
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 decoration
- decorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does decoration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
- 2
Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.
- 3
Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
- 4
The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host
- 5
Refurbishment; renovation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate decoration?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of decoration: dec, deco.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Decoration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décoration |
| German | Dekorieren, Verschönern , Dekoration, Verschönerung , Auszeichnung |
| Portuguese | decoração , condecoração |
| Spanish | decoración , condecoración |
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 decoration come from?
From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).