flocculation
/ˌflɒkjʊˈlɛɪ̯ʃən/noun
flocculation is a noun meaning “A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-O-C-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flocculation is flocculations.
What does flocculation mean?
noun
- 1
A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flocculation?
- UK /ˌflɒkjʊˈlɛɪ̯ʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-flocculation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flocculation
- flocculations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flocculation?
Flocculation appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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).
Flocculation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Condition of forming flocs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | floculation |
| German | Flokkulation, Flockung, Ausflockung |
| Portuguese | floculação |
| Spanish | floculación |
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 flocculation come from?
From floccule + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).