miscegenation
/mɪˌsɛd͡ʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/noun
miscegenation is spelled M-I-S-C-E-G-E-N-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, miscegenation means “The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of miscegenation is miscegenations.
How many letters and syllables are in miscegenation?
| Letters | 13: M-I-S-C-E-G-E-N-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is miscegenation?
Miscegenation appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 miscegenation?
- /mɪˌsɛd͡ʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-miscegenation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of miscegenation
- miscegenations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does miscegenation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USThe mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.
- 2
A mixing or blending, especially one which is considered to be inappropriate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Miscegenation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the mixing or blending of race:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métissage |
| Portuguese | miscigenação |
| Spanish | mestizaje |
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 miscegenation come from?
Blend of Latin miscēre (“mix”) + Latin genus (“race”) + -ation. Coined by American journalist David Goodman Croly in 1864 and first used in an anonymous pamphlet he coauthored, which claimed to be written by a person who believed in the inherent unity of all racial groups, that marriage between blacks and whites would create a better race, and that the American Civil War was a fight for the latter idea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).