inauguration
/ɪˌnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/noun
inauguration is spelled I-N-A-U-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is inaguration: about 90 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 12 of all searches for the word. Inauguration is a noun meaning “The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies”. The plural of inauguration is inaugurations.
How many letters and syllables are in inauguration?
| Letters | 12: I-N-A-U-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.7 times per million words; the 13,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, inaguration, about 90 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell inauguration?
Inauguration is spelled I-N-A-U-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 12 of the searches for inauguration in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is inauguration?
Inauguration appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th 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 inauguration?
- UK /ɪˌnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/
- /ɪˌnɔ.ɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/
- /ɪˌnɔ.ɡəˈɹeɪʃən/
Inauguration 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-inauguration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with inauguration?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as inauguration from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/, British pronunciation):
- translation
- aviation
- determination
- delegation
- authorization
- degradation
- deportation
- deprivation
- depreciation
- visualization
- denomination
- deforestation
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 inauguration
- inaugurations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inauguration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
- 2
The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc.
Near-synonym: dedication
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inauguration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | investiture, inauguration |
| German | Amtseinführung, Inauguration |
| Portuguese | inauguração , tomada de posse, entrância |
| Spanish | investidura, toma de posesión , inauguración |
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 inauguration come from?
From Middle French inauguration.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).