lation
obsolete
lation is spelled L-A-T-I-O-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lation means “Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lation?
| Letters | 6: L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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; 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 lation?
Lation appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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).
What rhymes with lation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: latino, talion.
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).
What does lation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteMotion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.
Copernicus placed the Sun at the centre of the Universe, exempt from any sort of lation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lation come from?
From Latin lātiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).