stridulation
/ˌstɹɪdjʊˈleɪʃən/noun
stridulation is spelled S-T-R-I-D-U-L-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stridulation means “A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stridulation is stridulations.
How many letters and syllables are in stridulation?
| Letters | 12: S-T-R-I-D-U-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st 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 stridulation?
Stridulation appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 stridulation?
- /ˌstɹɪdjʊˈleɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of stridulation
- stridulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stridulation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stridulation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stridulation |
| German | Stridulation |
| Portuguese | estridulação |
| Spanish | estridulación |
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 stridulation come from?
1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).