reputation
/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/noun
reputation is spelled R-E-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reputation means “What somebody or something is known for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reputation is reputations.
How many letters and syllables are in reputation?
| Letters | 10: R-E-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is reputation?
Reputation appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st 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 reputation?
- /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/
Reputation 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-reputation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of reputation
- reputations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reputation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
What somebody or something is known for.
The new manager has a reputation for being a stickler for details.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate reputation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of reputation: rep.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reputation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense what somebody is known for:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réputation, renommée |
| German | Ruf, Ansehen, Klang, Bekanntheit, Reputation, Leumund |
| Portuguese | reputação, fama |
| Spanish | reputación, nombradía |
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 reputation come from?
14c. "credit, good reputation", from Middle English reputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun, from Anglo-Norman reputacion, reputacioun, Middle French reputation (French réputation), and their etymon Latin reputātiōnem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputō (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + putō (“reckon, consider”). By surface analysis, repute + -ation. Displaced native Old English hlīsa (“reputation, fame”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).