repetition
/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/noun, verb
repetition is spelled R-E-P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is repitition: about 340 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Repetition is a noun meaning “The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated”. The plural of repetition is repetitions.
How many letters and syllables are in repetition?
| Letters | 10: R-E-P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 6; the most searched, repitition, about 340 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Same letters |
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 repetition?
Repetition is spelled R-E-P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N. 6 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for repetition 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 repetition?
Repetition appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 repetition?
- /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
- [ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.n̩]
As a verb (“To petition again”): /ˌɹiːpəˈtɪʃən/.
Repetition 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: En-us-repetition.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-repetition.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with repetition
Also written: re-petition (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with repetition?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as repetition.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: petitioner.
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 repetition
- repetitions plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- repetitioning participle, present
- repetitioned participle, past
- re-petition
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does repetition mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
- 2
The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
verb
- 1
To petition again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate repetition?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of repetition: rep.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Repetition in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act or an instance of repeating or being repeated:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | répétition |
| German | Wiederholung, Repetition |
| Portuguese | repetição |
| Spanish | repetición |
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 repetition come from?
Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio. By surface analysis, repeat + -ition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).