mitigation
/mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/noun
mitigation is spelled M-I-T-I-G-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mitigation means “A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mitigation is mitigations.
How many letters and syllables are in mitigation?
| Letters | 10: M-I-T-I-G-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th 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 mitigation?
Mitigation appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 mitigation?
- /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/
Mitigation 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)-Vininn126-mitigation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mitigation
- mitigations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mitigation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
One possible drought mitigation strategy for Afghanistan is to divert excess water from water-rich river basins to water-scarce river basins in cases where this is technologically, economically and environmentally feasible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mitigation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reduction of something harmful:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | soulagement |
| German | Erleichterung, Abmilderung |
| Portuguese | mitigação |
| Spanish | mitigación |
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 mitigation come from?
From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mītigātiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).