suasion
/ˈsweɪʒən/noun
suasion is spelled S-U-A-S-I-O-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. 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, suasion means “The act of urging or influencing; persuasion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of suasion is suasions.
How many letters and syllables are in suasion?
| Letters | 7: S-U-A-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| 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 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 suasion?
Suasion 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).
How do you pronounce suasion?
- /ˈsweɪʒən/
Suasion has 2 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: En-us-suasion.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of suasion
- suasions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does suasion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of urging or influencing; persuasion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does suasion come from?
From Middle English suasion, from Latin suāsiō (“counselling, advice, persuasion”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).