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ob·jec·tion/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/noun, interjection

objection is spelled O-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (ob·jec·tion). It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, objection means “The act of objecting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of objection is objections.

How many letters and syllables are in objection?

Letters9: O-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N
Syllables3: ob·jec·tion
In writing5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 objection?

Objection appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th 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 objection?

  • /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/

Objection has 3 syllables, split ob·jec·tion in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-objection.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of objection

  • objections plural
  • objection!

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does objection mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The act of objecting.

    last-minute objection

  2. 2

    A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).

    I have no objection to any person's religion.

  3. 3

    An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.

interjection

  1. 1

    USAn assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court.

    Objection! That is irrelevant to this case, Your Honor!

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Objection in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchobjection (act of objecting)
GermanBeanstandung (act of objecting), Einwand, Widerspruch (statement expressing opposition), Einspruch (official protest raised in a court of law)
Portugueseobjeção (act of objecting), protesto (official protest raised in a court of law)
Spanishobjeción (act of objecting), objecto (statement expressing opposition), protesto (official protest raised in a court of law)

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 objection come from?

From Middle French objection, from Old French objeccion, from Latin obiectio. Equivalent to object + -ion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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