dilution
/daɪˈluʃən/noun
dilution is spelled D-I-L-U-T-I-O-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dilution means “The process of making something dilute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dilution is dilutions.
How many letters and syllables are in dilution?
| Letters | 8: D-I-L-U-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 dilution?
Dilution appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 dilution?
- UK /daɪˈljuːʃən/
- US /daɪˈluʃən/
- US /dɪˈluʃən/
Dilution 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)-Vininn126-dilution.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dilution?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dilution from its last stressed vowel (/uʃən/):
- distribution
- institution
- contribution
- pollution
- prosecution
- persecution
- dissolution
- substitution
- restitution
- Confucian
- destitution
- Rosicrucian
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 dilution
- dilutions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dilution mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of making something dilute.
- 2
A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
- 3
The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
- 4
Ellipsis of share dilution.
- 5
Ellipsis of trademark dilution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dilution in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of making something dilute:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dilution |
| German | Verdünnung |
| Portuguese | diluição |
| Spanish | dilución |
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 dilution come from?
From dilute + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).