implication
/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
implication is spelled I-M-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, implication means “The act of implicating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of implication is implications.
How many letters and syllables are in implication?
| Letters | 11: I-M-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 implication?
Implication appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 implication?
- /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/
Implication 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-implication.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of implication
- implications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does implication mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of implicating.
- 2
The state of being implicated.
- 3
A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
- 4
An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- 5
The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- 6
Logical consequence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Implication in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Auswirkung, Folge, Tragweite, Bedeutung , Andeutung |
| Spanish | precesión, reticencia, aposiopesis , implicación |
| French | implication |
| Portuguese | implicação |
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 implication come from?
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).