tessellation
/tɛsəˈleɪʃən/noun
tessellation is spelled T-E-S-S-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tessellation means “The property or fact of tessellating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tessellation is tessellations.
How many letters and syllables are in tessellation?
| Letters | 12: T-E-S-S-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is tessellation?
Tessellation appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 tessellation?
- /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tessellation.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tessellation
- tessellations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tessellation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property or fact of tessellating.
Squares can be used for tessellation.
- 2
A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.
This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons.
- 3
polygon tessellation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).