substantiation
noun
substantiation is a noun meaning “The act of substantiating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-A-T-I-O-N and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of substantiation is substantiations.
What does substantiation mean?
noun
- 1
The act of substantiating.
- 2
Something which substantiates; evidence, proof.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce substantiation?
Substantiation has 5 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).
Forms of substantiation
- substantiations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is substantiation?
Substantiation appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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).
Where does substantiation come from?
From Latin substantiātiō. By surface analysis, substantiate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).