generation
gen·er·a·tion/ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
generation is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables (gen·er·a·tion). It appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, generation means “The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of generation is generations.
How many letters and syllables are in generation?
| Letters | 10: G-E-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: gen·er·a·tion |
| In writing | 66 times per million words; the 1,602nd 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 generation?
Generation appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd 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 generation?
- US /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
Generation has 4 syllables, split gen·er·a·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-generation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with generation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as generation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
- communication
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 generation
- generations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does generation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
- 2
The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- 3
USRace, family; breed.
- 4
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
{{RQ:KJV|passage=This is the book of the generations of Adam|Genesis|5|1}
- 5
obsoleteDescendants, progeny; offspring.
- 6
The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- 7
A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
- 8
The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
the generation of a line or curve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate generation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of generation: gen..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Generation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | génération , création , generation |
| Portuguese | geração , linhagem |
| Spanish | generación , linaje |
| German | Generation, Geschlecht |
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.