secretion
/sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/noun
secretion is spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, secretion means “Any substance that is secreted by an organism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of secretion is secretions.
How many letters and syllables are in secretion?
| Letters | 9: S-E-C-R-E-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is secretion?
Secretion appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 secretion?
- US /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/
Secretion 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-secretion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with secretion?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as secretion (/iʃn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: resection.
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 secretion
- secretions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does secretion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
- 2
The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.
- 3
The act of hiding something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Secretion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sécrétion , mettre au secret |
| German | Absonderung, Sekret , Sekretion |
| Portuguese | secreção |
| Spanish | secreción |
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 secretion come from?
(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).