protection
pro·tec·tion/pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/noun
protection is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-I-O-N, 3 syllables: pro·tec·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is pretection: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Protection is a noun meaning “The process of keeping (something or someone) safe”. The plural of protection is protections.
How many letters and syllables are in protection?
| Letters | 10: P-R-O-T-E-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pro·tec·tion |
| In writing | 71 times per million words; the 1,486th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, pretection, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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).
How do you spell protection?
Protection is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
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 protection?
Protection appears 71 times per million words in written English, the 1,486th 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 protection?
- /pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/
Protection has 3 syllables, split pro·tec·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-protection.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of protection
- protections plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does protection mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
Raincoats give protection from rain.
- 2
The state of being safe.
- 3
A means of keeping or remaining safe.
- 4
A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
- 5
Coverage.
- 6
Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
- 7
obsoleteA document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.
- 8
Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate protection?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of protection: Prot., prot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Protection in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of keeping something safe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | protection |
| German | Schutz |
| Portuguese | protecção, proteção |
| Spanish | protección |
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.