discussion
dis·cus·sion/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/noun
discussion is spelled D-I-S-C-U-S-S-I-O-N, 3 syllables: dis·cus·sion. The wrong spelling people search most is discusion: about 150 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 31 of all searches for the word. Discussion is a noun meaning “Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic”. The plural of discussion is discussions.
How many letters and syllables are in discussion?
| Letters | 10: D-I-S-C-U-S-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: dis·cus·sion |
| In writing | 51 times per million words; the 1,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, discusion, about 150 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell discussion?
Discussion is spelled D-I-S-C-U-S-S-I-O-N. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 22 of the searches for discussion in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is discussion?
Discussion appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd 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 discussion?
- US /dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
- /dɪsˈkʊʃ.ən/
- Australia /dɪˈskɐʃ.ən/
Discussion has 3 syllables, split dis·cus·sion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-discussion.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with discussion?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as discussion from its last stressed vowel (/ʌʃən/):
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 discussion
- discussions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does discussion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".
- 2
Text giving further detail on a subject.
Under each heading, you will find a discussion.
- 3
obsoleteThe dispersion of a tumour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Discussion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense conversation or debate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | discussion |
| German | Diskussion, Erörterung, Besprechung |
| Portuguese | discussão |
| Spanish | discusión, interlocución |
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 discussion come from?
From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō. By surface analysis, discuss + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).