graduation
/ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/noun
graduation is spelled G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, graduation means “The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of graduation is graduations.
How many letters and syllables are in graduation?
| Letters | 10: G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th 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 graduation?
Graduation appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 graduation?
- US /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
- UK /ˌɡɹædjuˈeɪʃən/
Graduation 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: En-uk-graduation.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with graduation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as graduation 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 graduation
- graduations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does graduation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.
- 2
A commencement ceremony.
- 3
The action or process of leaving a group.
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- 4
A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings; the making of such marks.
- 5
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
- 6
Synonym of gradation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate graduation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of graduation: grad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Graduation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Abschluss , Abschlussfeier , Graduierung |
| Portuguese | formatura , graduação, cerimônia de colação de grau |
| Spanish | graduación |
| French | remise des diplômes , graduation |
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 graduation come from?
From graduate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).