fruition
fru·ition/fɹuˈɪʃən/noun
fruition is spelled F-R-U-I-T-I-O-N: 8 letters and 2 syllables (fru·ition). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fruition means “The fulfillment of something worked for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fruition is fruitions.
How many letters and syllables are in fruition?
| Letters | 8: F-R-U-I-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fru·ition |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th 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 fruition?
Fruition appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 fruition?
- UK /fɹuˈɪʃən/
- US /fɹuˈɪʃən/
Fruition has 2 syllables, split fru·ition in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fruition.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fruition?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fruition from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃən/):
- position
- competition
- opposition
- permission
- composition
- acquisition
- coalition
- physician
- politician
- admission
- nutrition
- expedition
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 fruition
- fruitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fruition mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fulfillment of something worked for.
After six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition.
- 2
The enjoyment derived from a possession.
- 3
The condition of bearing fruit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fruition in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Verwirklichung |
| Portuguese | realização |
| Spanish | fructificación |
| French | jouissance , fructification |
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 fruition come from?
From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”). By surface analysis, fruit + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).