imagination
/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/noun
imagination is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, imagination means “The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of imagination is imaginations.
How many letters and syllables are in imagination?
| Letters | 11: I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,934th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is imagination?
Imagination appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th 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 imagination?
- /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
Imagination has 5 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-us-imagination.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of imagination
- imaginations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does imagination mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.
- 2
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.
- 3
Creativity; resourcefulness.
His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
- 4
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Imagination in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imagination |
| German | Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraft, Fantasie , Vorstellung, Einbildung |
| Portuguese | imaginação |
| Spanish | imaginación, magín |
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 imagination come from?
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).