documentation
/ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/noun
documentation is spelled D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, documentation means “Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of documentation is documentations.
How many letters and syllables are in documentation?
| Letters | 13: D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd 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 documentation?
Documentation appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 documentation?
- UK /ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/
- US /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/
- US /ˌdɑkjəmənˈteɪʃən/
Documentation has 5 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)-Vealhurl-documentation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with documentation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as documentation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
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 documentation
- documentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does documentation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareSomething transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
- 2
rareDocumentary evidence and sources.
- 3
rareDocuments that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.
- 4
rareComments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.
- 5
A documentary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate documentation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of documentation: doco.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Documentation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | documentación |
| French | documentation |
| German | Dokumentation |
| Portuguese | documentação |
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 documentation come from?
From document + -ation or Medieval Latin documentātio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).