migration
/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/noun
migration is spelled M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “emigration vs migration” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, migration means “An instance of moving to live in another place for a while” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of migration is migrations.
How many letters and syllables are in migration?
| Letters | 9: M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); 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 common is migration?
Migration 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 migration?
- UK /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Migration 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-migration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with migration
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with migration?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as migration from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃn/, British pronunciation):
- authentication
- remediation
- implantation
- dislocation
- congratulation
- transmutation
- legitimation
- prorogation
- financialization
- intercommunication
- profanation
- axiomatization
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 migration
- migrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does migration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- 2
Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
- 3
Movement in general.
The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
- 4
Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
- 5
The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Migration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | migration |
| German | Wohnsitzwechsel, Migration , Wanderung, Vogelwanderung, Vogelzug |
| Portuguese | migração |
| Spanish | migración |
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 migration come from?
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).