repudiation
re·pu·di·a·tion/ɹəˌpjudiˈeɪ̯ʃən/noun
repudiation is spelled R-E-P-U-D-I-A-T-I-O-N, 5 syllables: re·pu·di·a·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is repuditation: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 127 of all searches for the word. Repudiation is a noun meaning “The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating”. The plural of repudiation is repudiations.
How many letters and syllables are in repudiation?
| Letters | 11: R-E-P-U-D-I-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: re·pu·di·a·tion |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, repuditation, about 10 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 repudiation?
Repudiation is spelled R-E-P-U-D-I-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 127 of the searches for repudiation 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 repudiation?
Repudiation appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 repudiation?
- UK /ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/
- US /ɹəˌpjudiˈeɪ̯ʃən/
Repudiation has 5 syllables, split re·pu·di·a·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-repudiation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with repudiation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as repudiation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
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 repudiation
- repudiations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does repudiation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict with his religious parents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Repudiation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense refusing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | répudiation |
| German | Ablehnung, Zurückweisung |
| Spanish | rechazo, repudio, repudiación |
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 repudiation come from?
From Latin repudiātiōnem, equivalent to repudiate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).