propagation
/pɹɑpəˈɡeɪʃən/noun
propagation is spelled P-R-O-P-A-G-A-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is propogation: about 270 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Propagation is a noun meaning “The multiplication or natural increase in a population”. The plural of propagation is propagations.
How many letters and syllables are in propagation?
| Letters | 11: P-R-O-P-A-G-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, propogation, about 270 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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 propagation?
Propagation is spelled P-R-O-P-A-G-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for propagation 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 propagation?
Propagation appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 propagation?
- UK /pɹɒpəˈɡeɪʃən/
- US /pɹɑpəˈɡeɪʃən/
Propagation 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)-Vininn126-propagation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with propagation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as propagation 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 propagation
- propagations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does propagation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The multiplication or natural increase in a population.
plant propagation
- 2
The dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number.
The farmer specialized in the propagation of rare orchids.
- 3
The winning of new converts.
- 4
The act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave.
Radio propagation varies with atmospheric conditions.
- 5
The elongation part of transcription.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Propagation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the multiplication or natural increase in a population:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | propagação |
| Spanish | propagación |
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 propagation come from?
From Middle French propagation, from Old French propagacion, from Latin propagatio. Morphologically propagate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).