halation
/həˈleɪʃən/noun
halation is spelled H-A-L-A-T-I-O-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, halation means “The action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of halation is halations.
How many letters and syllables are in halation?
| Letters | 8: H-A-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is halation?
Halation appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 halation?
- /həˈleɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-halation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of halation
- halations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does halation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo.
- 2
The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Halation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | halo |
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 halation come from?
From halo + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).