insertion
/ɪnˈsɝʃən/noun
insertion is spelled I-N-S-E-R-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, insertion means “The act of inserting, or something inserted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of insertion is insertions.
How many letters and syllables are in insertion?
| Letters | 9: I-N-S-E-R-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th 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 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 insertion?
Insertion appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th 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 insertion?
- US /ɪnˈsɝʃən/
Insertion 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-insertion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with insertion?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as insertion from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹʃən/):
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 insertion
- insertions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does insertion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of inserting, or something inserted.
The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.
- 2
The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
- 3
The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
- 4
The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Insertion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of inserting, or something inserted:
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 insertion come from?
From insert + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).