saturation
noun
saturation is spelled S-A-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saturation means “The act of saturating or the process of being saturated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saturation is saturations.
How many letters and syllables are in saturation?
| Letters | 10: S-A-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th 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 saturation?
Saturation appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 saturation?
- US
Saturation 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-saturation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of saturation
- saturations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saturation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
- 2
The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.
- 3
The state of a saturated solution.
- 4
The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
- 5
The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
- 6
The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
- 7
The intensity or vividness of a colour.
- 8
Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate saturation?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of saturation: HLS, HSL, HSV.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Saturation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | saturation |
| German | Sättigung |
| Portuguese | saturação |
| Spanish | saturación , pureza |
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 saturation come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).