frustration
/fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/noun
frustration is spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, frustration means “The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of frustration is frustrations.
How many letters and syllables are in frustration?
| Letters | 11: F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th 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 frustration?
Frustration appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 frustration?
- US /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
- US /fɹəˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
Frustration has 3 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-frustration.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with frustration?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as frustration 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 frustration
- frustrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frustration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
- 2
The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
- 3
The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
- 4
A thing that frustrates.
- 5
Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frustration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | frustration |
| German | Frust, Frustration |
| Spanish | frustración |
| Portuguese | frustração |
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 frustration come from?
From Latin frūstrātiō (“disappointment”), related to frūstrā (“in vain”). By surface analysis, frustrate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).