installation
/ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/noun
installation is spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is instalation: about 450 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Installation is a noun meaning “An act of installing”. The plural of installation is installations.
How many letters and syllables are in installation?
| Letters | 12: I-N-S-T-A-L-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, instalation, about 450 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell installation?
Installation is spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is installation?
Installation appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 installation?
- UK /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Australia /ˌɪn.stəˈlæɪʃən/
Installation has 4 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-installation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with installation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as installation 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 installation
- installations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does installation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of installing.
The installation of the new software took only a few minutes.
- 2
Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
- 3
A work of installation art.
The museum is displaying a modern art installation.
- 4
A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
A military installation was built near the border.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Installation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | installation |
| German | Installation , Anlage |
| Portuguese | instalação |
| Spanish | instalación |
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 installation come from?
From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō. By surface analysis, install + -ation. Compare with Piedmontese istallassion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).