sporulation
noun
sporulation is spelled S-P-O-R-U-L-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sporulation means “The process of a bacterium becoming a spore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sporulation is sporulations.
How many letters and syllables are in sporulation?
| Letters | 11: S-P-O-R-U-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th 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 sporulation?
Sporulation appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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).
Forms of sporulation
- sporulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sporulation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of a bacterium becoming a spore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sporulation come from?
From sporule + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).