secession
/səˈsɛʃən/noun
secession is spelled S-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, secession means “The act of seceding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of secession is secessions.
How many letters and syllables are in secession?
| Letters | 9: S-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th 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 secession?
Secession appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 secession?
- /səˈsɛʃən/
Secession has 3 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)-Vealhurl-secession.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of secession
- secessions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does secession mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of seceding.
That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Secession in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense The act of seceding:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sécession |
| German | Sezession, Abspaltung |
| Portuguese | secessão |
| Spanish | secesión |
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 secession come from?
From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).