elution
/əˈl(j)uːʃən/noun
elution is spelled E-L-U-T-I-O-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, elution means “The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of elution is elutions.
How many letters and syllables are in elution?
| Letters | 7: E-L-U-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th 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; 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 elution?
Elution appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 elution?
- /əˈl(j)uːʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-elution.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with elution?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as elution.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: outline, lineout.
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 elution
- elutions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does elution mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Elution in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of separating solvent and dissolved material:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | élution |
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 elution come from?
From the verb elute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).