expedition
/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/noun, verb
expedition is spelled E-X-P-E-D-I-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, expedition means “A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of expedition is expeditions.
How many letters and syllables are in expedition?
| Letters | 10: E-X-P-E-D-I-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th 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 expedition?
Expedition appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th 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 expedition?
- US /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/
Expedition 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: En-us-expedition.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with expedition?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as expedition from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃən/):
- position
- competition
- opposition
- permission
- composition
- acquisition
- coalition
- physician
- politician
- admission
- nutrition
- ambition
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 expedition
- expeditions plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- expeditioning participle, present
- expeditioned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does expedition mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
- 2
An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.
- 3
A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
a naval expedition
- 4
The group of people making such excursion.
- 5
The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
- 6
archaicThe quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
- 7
obsoleteThe act of expediting something; prompt execution.
verb
- 1
To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate expedition?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of expedition: expdn..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Expedition in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense An important enterprise, implying a change of place:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | expédition |
| German | Expedition |
| Portuguese | expedição |
| Spanish | expedición |
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 expedition come from?
From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).