proclamation
proc·la·ma·tion/ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/noun
proclamation is spelled P-R-O-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N, 4 syllables: proc·la·ma·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is proclomation: about 100 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 22 of all searches for the word. Proclamation is a noun meaning “A statement which is proclaimed; formal a public announcement”. The plural of proclamation is proclamations.
How many letters and syllables are in proclamation?
| Letters | 12: P-R-O-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: proc·la·ma·tion |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, proclomation, about 100 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell proclamation?
Proclamation is spelled P-R-O-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 13 of the searches for proclamation in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is proclamation?
Proclamation appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 proclamation?
- US /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/
- UK /ˌpɹɒkləˈmeɪʃən/
Proclamation has 4 syllables, split proc·la·ma·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-proclamation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with proclamation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as proclamation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
Spelled with the same letters in another order: prolactinoma.
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 proclamation
- proclamations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does proclamation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A statement which is proclaimed; formal a public announcement.
The Tuesday meetings are only thirty minutes now. That proclamation was made in the previous meeting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Proclamation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a statement which is proclaimed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | proclamation |
| German | Proklamation |
| Portuguese | proclamação |
| Spanish | proclamación |
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 proclamation come from?
From Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman and Old French proclamacion, from Late Latin proclāmātiō, from the verb Latin prōclāmō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).