tentation
obsolete
tentation is spelled T-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tentation means “Obsolete form of temptation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tentation is tentations.
How many letters and syllables are in tentation?
| Letters | 9: T-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 tentation?
Tentation appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
What rhymes with tentation?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tentation.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: attention.
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).
What does tentation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteObsolete form of temptation.
- 2
obsoleteA mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tentation come from?
From Old French tentation, from Latin tentatio, alternative form of temptatio. See temptation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).