rectification
rec·ti·fi·ca·tion/ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
rectification is spelled R-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 5 syllables (rec·ti·fi·ca·tion). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rectification means “The action or process of rectifying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rectification is rectifications.
How many letters and syllables are in rectification?
| Letters | 13: R-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: rec·ti·fi·ca·tion |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th 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; 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 rectification?
Rectification appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th 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 rectification?
- /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Rectification has 5 syllables, split rec·ti·fi·ca·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rectification.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rectification?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rectification.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: certification.
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 rectification
- rectifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rectification mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action or process of rectifying.
the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits
- 2
The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- 3
The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
- 4
The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
- 5
Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
- 6
Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
- 7
A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rectification in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of rectifying:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rectification |
| Spanish | rectificación |
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 rectification come from?
From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).