evolution
evo·lu·tion/ˌɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/noun
evolution is spelled E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (evo·lu·tion). It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, evolution means “A manoeuvre of troops or ships” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of evolution is evolutions.
How many letters and syllables are in evolution?
| Letters | 9: E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: evo·lu·tion |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,558th 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; 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 evolution?
Evolution appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th 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 evolution?
- UK /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
- UK /ɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
- US /ˌɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/
Evolution has 3 syllables, split evo·lu·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Berrely-evolution.wav, En-us-evolution.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with evolution?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as evolution from its last stressed vowel (/uʃn/):
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 evolution
- evolutions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evolution mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
- 2
A turning movement, especially of the body.
- 3
obsoleteA turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
- 4
archaicThe act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
- 5
The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
- 6
The extraction of a root from a given power.
- 7
The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
- 8
Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
The ongoing evolution of Lolita subculture fashion includes, among other things, the ballet style.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate evolution?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of evolution: evo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evolution in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense general: a gradual process of development:
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 evolution come from?
Borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiō, ēvolūtiōnis (“the act of unrolling, unfolding or opening (of a book)”), from ēvolūtus, perfect passive participle of ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ex + volvō (“roll”). Compare typologically Czech vývoj, Serbo-Croatian развој, Russian разви́ть (razvítʹ), развива́ть (razvivátʹ), разви́ться (razvítʹsja), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja), Russian разви́тие (razvítije), related to Proto-Slavic *viti (whence Czech vít, Russian вить (vitʹ)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).