reconciliation
re·con·ci·li·at·ion/ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/noun
reconciliation is spelled R-E-C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N, 6 syllables: re·con·ci·li·at·ion. The wrong spelling people search most is reconcilation: about 380 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 26 of all searches for the word. Reconciliation is a noun meaning “The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement”. The plural of reconciliation is reconciliations.
How many letters and syllables are in reconciliation?
| Letters | 14: R-E-C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6: re·con·ci·li·at·ion |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, reconcilation, about 380 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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 reconciliation?
Reconciliation is spelled R-E-C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 26 of the searches for reconciliation 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 reconciliation?
Reconciliation appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 reconciliation?
- UK /ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
- US /ˌɹɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
Reconciliation has 6 syllables, split re·con·ci·li·at·ion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reconciliation.wav, En-us-reconciliation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reconciliation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as reconciliation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃn/):
- information
- formation
- preparation
- presentation
- relation
- identification
- observation
- variation
- obligation
- simulation
- notification
- calculation
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 reconciliation
- reconciliations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reconciliation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
He longed for reconciliation with his estranged father, but painful memories made him feel unready to do so.
- 2
The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.
- 3
The end of estrangement between a human and God as a result of atonement.
- 4
The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other holy site.
- 5
Admission of a person to membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously left the church.
- 6
Ellipsis of sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
- 7
USA special parliamentary procedure of the United States Congress to expedite the passage of certain federal budget legislation in the Senate, overriding the Senate's filibuster rules.
- 8
AustraliaCanadaThe process of systemically atoning for the crimes and broken promises that a nation has historically committed against indigenous people.
In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reconciliation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réconciliation, raccommodement , rapprochement |
| German | Aussöhnung, Schlichtung, Versöhnung, Wiederaussöhnung, Wiederversöhnung , Abgleich |
| Portuguese | reconciliação, conciliação |
| Spanish | reconciliación |
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 reconciliation come from?
From Middle English reconciliacioun (“act of reconciling; state of accord or harmony;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reconciliaciun, reconsiliacion, reconsiliaciun, and Middle French reconciliation, reconsiliacion, reconsiliation (“act of reconciling; result of this act; act of bringing about agreement or harmony; reconsecration of a desecrated place”) (modern French réconciliation), and from their Latin etymon reconciliātiō (“reinstatement, renewal, restoration; reconciliation”), from reconciliāre + -tiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).