syllabification
/sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
syllabification is spelled S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, syllabification means “The division of a word into syllables” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of syllabification is syllabifications.
How many letters and syllables are in syllabification?
| Letters | 15: S-Y-L-L-A-B-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is syllabification?
Syllabification appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 syllabification?
- UK /sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-syllabification.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with syllabification?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as syllabification from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/, British pronunciation):
- translation
- aviation
- determination
- delegation
- authorization
- degradation
- deportation
- inauguration
- deprivation
- depreciation
- visualization
- denomination
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of syllabification
- syllabifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does syllabification mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The division of a word into syllables.
Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Syllabification in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense division of a word into syllables:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | syllabation |
| German | Worttrennung, Silbentrennung |
| Portuguese | silabação |
| Spanish | silabación |
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 syllabification come from?
First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon of the form *syllabificātiō, *syllabificātiōn-, formed regularly on the base of the Latin syllabificō, itself from syllaba (“syllable”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).