restoration
re·sto·ra·tion/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
restoration is spelled R-E-S-T-O-R-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables (re·sto·ra·tion). It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, restoration means “The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of restoration is restorations.
How many letters and syllables are in restoration?
| Letters | 11: R-E-S-T-O-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: re·sto·ra·tion |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th 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 restoration?
Restoration appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th 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 restoration?
- /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/
Restoration has 4 syllables, split re·sto·ra·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-restoration.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of restoration
- restorations plural
- restauration
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does restoration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
foreskin restoration
- 2
The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis).
These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal.
- 3
The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.
The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.
- 4
The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production.
The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment.
- 5
The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Restoration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the process of bringing an object back to its original state:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | restauration |
| German | Restaurierung, Wiederherstellung, Restauration |
| Portuguese | restauração |
| Spanish | restauración |
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 restoration come from?
From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).