indication
/ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
indication is spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, indication means “An act of pointing out or indicating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of indication is indications.
How many letters and syllables are in indication?
| Letters | 10: I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th 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 indication?
Indication appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 indication?
- /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
Indication 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-indication.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of indication
- indications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does indication mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of pointing out or indicating.
- 2
A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
There's no indication that the fire was caused by criminals.
- 3
rareA mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- 4
A discovery made; information.
- 5
obsoleteAn explanation; a display.
- 6
Any symptom or occurrence in a disease that serves to direct to suitable remedies; the problem that warrants and prompts the use of a diagnostic test, imaging mode, or treatment (e.g., medication, surgical procedure).
Influenza and suspected influenza are FDA-approved indications for oseltamivir.
- 7
A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate indication?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of indication: ind., indic., indn..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Indication in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | indication , symbole |
| German | Indiz , Zeichen, Sonderzeichen |
| Spanish | indicación , símbolo |
| Portuguese | símbolo |
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 indication come from?
From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).