rejection
re·jec·tion/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/noun
rejection is spelled R-E-J-E-C-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (re·jec·tion). It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rejection means “The act of rejecting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rejection is rejections.
How many letters and syllables are in rejection?
| Letters | 9: R-E-J-E-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·jec·tion |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is rejection?
Rejection 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 rejection?
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- [ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən] ~ [ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃn̩]
- /ɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
Rejection has 3 syllables, split re·jec·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-rejection.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rejection
- rejections plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rejection mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of rejecting.
My offer was met with rejection
- 2
The state of being rejected.
- 3
A blocked shot.
- 4
An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rejection in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of rejecting:
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 rejection come from?
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).