infarction
/ɪnˈfɑɹk.ʃən/noun
infarction is spelled I-N-F-A-R-C-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, infarction means “The process which causes an infarct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of infarction is infarctions.
How many letters and syllables are in infarction?
| Letters | 10: I-N-F-A-R-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is infarction?
Infarction appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 infarction?
- UK /ɪnˈfɑːk.ʃən/
- US /ɪnˈfɑɹk.ʃən/
Infarction 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-infarction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with infarction?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as infarction (/ɑɹkʃən/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: infraction.
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 infarction
- infarctions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does infarction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process which causes an infarct.
- 2
An infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Infarction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the process which causes an infarct:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | infarctus |
| German | Infarzierung |
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 infarction come from?
Borrowed from Latin infarctiō, equivalent to infarct + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).