procreation
noun
procreation is spelled P-R-O-C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, procreation means “The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of procreation is procreations.
How many letters and syllables are in procreation?
| Letters | 11: P-R-O-C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 procreation?
Procreation appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 procreation?
Procreation 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-procreation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with procreation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as procreation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: incorporate.
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 procreation
- procreations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does procreation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
- 2
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Procreation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | procréation |
| German | Fortpflanzung , Zeugung |
| Portuguese | procriação |
| Spanish | procreación |
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 procreation come from?
From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).