progression
/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/noun
progression is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, progression means “The act of moving from one thing to another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of progression is progressions.
How many letters and syllables are in progression?
| Letters | 11: P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th 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 progression?
Progression appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 progression?
- UK /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/
- US /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/
Progression has 3 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-progression.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with progression?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as progression from its last stressed vowel (/ɛʃən/):
- session
- profession
- aggression
- obsession
- compression
- oppression
- suppression
- concession
- regression
- accession
- hessian
- digression
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 progression
- progressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does progression mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of moving from one thing to another.
Make a natural progression from player to coach
- 2
The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
- 3
A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
- 4
Development, increase, evolution.
- 5
A chord progression.
- 6
The process of making an exercise more strenuous by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Progression in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | progression |
| German | Fortschreiten, Verlauf, Fortschritt, Vorwärtsbewegung , Progression, Reihe |
| Spanish | progresión |
| Portuguese | progressão |
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 progression come from?
From Middle English progressioun, from Old French progression and its etymon Latin prōgressiō. By surface analysis, progress + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).