inflation
in·fla·tion/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/noun
inflation is spelled I-N-F-L-A-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (in·fla·tion). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, inflation means “An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of inflation is inflations.
How many letters and syllables are in inflation?
| Letters | 9: I-N-F-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: in·fla·tion |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 inflation?
Inflation appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th 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 inflation?
- US /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
- UK /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/
Inflation has 3 syllables, split in·fla·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-inflation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with inflation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as inflation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
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 inflation
- inflations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inflation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
The inflation of the balloon took five hours.
- 2
An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.
Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
- 3
Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
- 4
An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate inflation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of inflation: infl..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inflation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inflation |
| German | Aufblasen, Aufblähung, Inflation , Geldentwertung , Schwemme |
| Portuguese | inflamento , inflação |
| Spanish | inflado, hinchado, hinchamiento , inflación |
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.