plantation
/plænˈteɪʃən/noun
plantation is spelled P-L-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plantation means “A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plantation is plantations.
How many letters and syllables are in plantation?
| Letters | 10: P-L-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is plantation?
Plantation appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 plantation?
- US /plænˈteɪʃən/
Plantation has 3 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: En-us-plantation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plantation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plantation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of plantation
- plantations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plantation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
- 2
An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate.
- 3
The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
- 4
A colony established thus.
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (former official name of Rhode Island, United States)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate plantation?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of plantation: Plt, Plt..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plantation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense large farm:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | plantation |
| German | Plantage |
| Portuguese | plantação, fazenda |
| Spanish | plantación, plantío |
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 plantation come from?
Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”), from plantātus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plantāre, + action noun suffix -tiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).