perambulation
/pəˌɹæm.bjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/noun
perambulation is spelled P-E-R-A-M-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, perambulation means “A survey, a tour; an instance of walking around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of perambulation is perambulations.
How many letters and syllables are in perambulation?
| Letters | 13: P-E-R-A-M-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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 perambulation?
Perambulation appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 perambulation?
- /pəˌɹæm.bjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-perambulation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of perambulation
- perambulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does perambulation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareA survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
- 2
An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
- 3
The district thus inspected.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does perambulation come from?
From Middle English perambulacioun, from Anglo-Norman and Latin. By surface analysis, perambulate + -ation, or, by surface analysis, per- + ambulate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).