induction
/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/noun
induction is spelled I-N-D-U-C-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “deduction vs induction” about 110 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, induction means “An act of inducting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of induction is inductions.
How many letters and syllables are in induction?
| Letters | 9: I-N-D-U-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); 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).
How common is induction?
Induction appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 induction?
- /ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
Induction has 3 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-induction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with induction
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of induction
- inductions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does induction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of inducting.
- 2
A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
- 3
The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
Near-synonym: orientation
- 4
An act of inducing.
- 5
Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
- 6
Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
Meronym: abstraction
- 7
A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
- 8
Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate induction?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of induction: induc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Induction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | induction |
| German | Einführung , Vereidigung , Induktion |
| Portuguese | indução, induzimento |
| Spanish | inducción |
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 induction come from?
Inherited from Middle English induction, from Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, induct + -ion or induce + -tion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).