peroration
/pɛɹəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
peroration is spelled P-E-R-O-R-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peroration means “The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peroration is perorations.
How many letters and syllables are in peroration?
| Letters | 10: P-E-R-O-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th 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 peroration?
Peroration appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 peroration?
- /pɛɹəˈɹeɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-peroration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of peroration
- perorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peroration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
- 2
A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Peroration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense conclusion of a discourse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | péroraison |
| German | Zusammenfassung, Redeschluss |
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 peroration come from?
From Latin perōrō (“to speak at length, to conclude a speech”) (from per- (“very”) + ōrō (“to speak, to orate”) (English orate)) + -ation (“action (nominalizer)”) (from Latin -ātiō).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).