syllabication
/sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/
"syllabication" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“syllabication” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of syllabifying; syllabification.
Corpus desk
Index EN-syllabication · syllabication · English
syllabication · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | syllabication |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “syllabication” in English
Rare enough to double-check
syllabication is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of syllabifying; syllabification.".
syllabication has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1631; from the Medieval Latin sillabicātio, syllabicātio, noun of action of the verb syllabicō, from syllaba (“syllable”). The correct English form is syllabication, spelled S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of syllabifying; syllabification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how syllabication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.
Instances both of the unemphatic do and of the distinct syllabication of the final ed are numerous in the present play.
Etymology
First attested in 1631; from the Medieval Latin sillabicātio, syllabicātio, noun of action of the verb syllabicō, from syllaba (“syllable”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.