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procession

pro·ces·sion/pɹəˈsɛʃən/noun, verb

procession is spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables (pro·ces·sion). It appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, procession means “The act of progressing or proceeding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of procession is processions.

How many letters and syllables are in procession?

Letters10: P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-O-N
Syllables3: pro·ces·sion
In writing3.7 times per million words; the 13,496th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 procession?

Procession appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th 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 procession?

  • /pɹəˈsɛʃən/

Procession has 3 syllables, split pro·ces·sion in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-procession.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of procession

  • processions plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • processioning participle, present
  • processioned participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does procession mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The act of progressing or proceeding.

  2. 2

    A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.

    a procession of mourners

  3. 3

    A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).

  4. 4

    obsoleteLitanies said in procession and not kneeling.

  5. 5

    The rapid dismissal of a series of batsmen.

verb

  1. 1

    To take part in a procession.

  2. 2

    datedTo honour with a procession.

  3. 3

    USTo ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Procession in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchprocession (act of progressing or proceeding), cortège (group of people or thing moving along in an…), kyrielle (number of things happening in sequence)
Portugueseavanço (act of progressing or proceeding), procissão, cortejo (group of people or thing moving along in an…), sequência (number of things happening in sequence)
Spanishprocesión (act of progressing or proceeding)
GermanProzession, Umzug (group of people or thing moving along in an…)

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 procession come from?

From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin prōcessiō (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from prōcēdere, past participle prōcessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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