prefabrication
noun
prefabrication is spelled P-R-E-F-A-B-R-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 14 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prefabrication means “The manufacture of prefabricated components, and their assembly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prefabrication is prefabrications.
How many letters and syllables are in prefabrication?
| Letters | 14: P-R-E-F-A-B-R-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st 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 prefabrication?
Prefabrication appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 prefabrication?
- US
Prefabrication has 5 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)-Wodencafe-prefabrication.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prefabrication
- prefabrications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prefabrication mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The manufacture of prefabricated components, and their assembly.
- 2
A preassembled component.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prefabrication in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense manufacture of prefabricated components:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | préfabrication |
| Portuguese | pré-fabricação |
| Spanish | prefabricación |
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 prefabrication come from?
From pre- + fabrication.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).