fabrication
/fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
fabrication is spelled F-A-B-R-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fabrication means “The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fabrication is fabrications.
How many letters and syllables are in fabrication?
| Letters | 11: F-A-B-R-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th 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 fabrication?
Fabrication appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 fabrication?
- US /fæbɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
Fabrication 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-fabrication.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fabrication?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fabrication 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 fabrication
- fabrications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fabrication mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government
- 2
That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
The story is doubtless a fabrication.
- 3
The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fabrication in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fabrication , fabulation |
| Spanish | fabricación, manufactura , falsedad, mentira, invención, inventada |
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 fabrication come from?
From Middle French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Equivalent to fabricate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).