elevation
/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/noun
elevation is spelled E-L-E-V-A-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, elevation means “The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of elevation is elevations.
How many letters and syllables are in elevation?
| Letters | 9: E-L-E-V-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is elevation?
Elevation appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 elevation?
- /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/
Elevation 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-elevation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of elevation
- elevations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does elevation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
elevation to a throne
- 2
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
- 3
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
- 4
The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
the elevation of the pole, or of a star
- 5
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
- 6
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
- 7
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
- 8
A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate elevation?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of elevation: ICE, elev..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Elevation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | élévation |
| German | Hebung, Erheben, Anhebung, Anheben, Erhöhen, Erhöhung |
| Spanish | elevación |
| Portuguese | elevação , alçado |
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.