infatuation
noun
infatuation is spelled I-N-F-A-T-U-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, infatuation means “An immensely strong love or sexual attraction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of infatuation is infatuations.
How many letters and syllables are in infatuation?
| Letters | 11: I-N-F-A-T-U-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th 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 infatuation?
Infatuation appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 infatuation?
- UK
Infatuation 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)-Back_ache-infatuation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of infatuation
- infatuations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does infatuation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
- 2
obsoleteThe act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness.
- 3
Something which infatuates.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Infatuation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | engouement, infatuation , béguin, amourette |
| German | Vernarrtheit, besinnungslose Verliebtheit, Betörung, Verblendung , Schwärmerei |
| Portuguese | enfatuamento, enfatuação, paixão |
| Spanish | infatuación , encaprichamiento |
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.