liquidation
/ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/noun
liquidation is spelled L-I-Q-U-I-D-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, liquidation means “The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of liquidation is liquidations.
How many letters and syllables are in liquidation?
| Letters | 11: L-I-Q-U-I-D-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th 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 liquidation?
Liquidation appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 liquidation?
- /ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən/
Liquidation 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-liquidation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of liquidation
- liquidations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does liquidation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
- 2
The action or process of winding up the affairs of a company, etc.; the selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
The store is having a liquidation sale: everything must go as they go out of business.
- 3
The clearing off or settling of a debt.
- 4
The action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the murder of dehumanized victims.
Near-synonyms: devitalization, fatality; see also Thesaurus:death, Thesaurus:killing
- 5
The partial clearing of the board, by an exchange of pieces, to obtain an obviously winning position.
- 6
rareThe action or fact of partaking of an alcoholic drink.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Liquidation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense selling a business’s assets:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | liquidation |
| German | Abwicklung, Liquidation |
| Portuguese | liquidação |
| Spanish | liquidación |
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.