PlayStation
/ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/noun, verb
PlayStation is spelled P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, PlayStation means “A video game console of the PlayStation brand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of PlayStation is PlayStations.
How many letters and syllables are in PlayStation?
| Letters | 11: P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th 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 PlayStation?
PlayStation appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 PlayStation?
- /ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/
PlayStation 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-PlayStation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of PlayStation
- PlayStations plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- PlayStationing participle, present
- PlayStationed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does PlayStation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A video game console of the PlayStation brand.
His dad bought him a Playstation 5 yesterday.
- 2
The original PlayStation.
verb
- 1
rareTo play on the PlayStation video game console.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
PlayStation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense series of video game consoles:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | PlayStation |
| German | PlayStation |
| Portuguese | PlayStation |
| Spanish | playstation |
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 PlayStation come from?
From play + station; coined by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).