preservation
/ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/noun
preservation is spelled P-R-E-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, preservation means “The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of preservation is preservations.
How many letters and syllables are in preservation?
| Letters | 12: P-R-E-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,009th 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 preservation?
Preservation appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th 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 preservation?
- UK /ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
- Australia /ˌpɹez.əˈvæɪ.ʃən/
Preservation has 4 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-preservation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with preservation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as preservation 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 preservation
- preservations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does preservation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- 2
The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate preservation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of preservation: Pres.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Preservation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of preserving:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | préservation |
| German | Erhaltung |
| Portuguese | preservação |
| Spanish | preservación |
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 preservation come from?
From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).