transaction
/tɹænˈzækʃən/noun
transaction is spelled T-R-A-N-S-A-C-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, transaction means “The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of transaction is transactions.
How many letters and syllables are in transaction?
| Letters | 11: T-R-A-N-S-A-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is transaction?
Transaction appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 transaction?
- /tɹænˈzækʃən/
- /t͡ʃɹænˈzækʃən/
Transaction has 3 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). Recordings: En-us-transaction.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of transaction
- transactions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transaction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.
- 2
A deal or business agreement.
- 3
An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.; personal interaction.
I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls.
- 4
The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
- 5
An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
- 6
A record of the proceedings of a learned society.
- 7
A social interaction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate transaction?
Wiktionary records 5 abbreviations of transaction: TX, tr., trans, tx, txn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Transaction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Geschäftsabwicklung, Geschäftsdurchführung , Geschäft, Geschäftsabschluss , Transaktion |
| Portuguese | transação |
| Spanish | transacción |
| French | opération, transaction |
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 transaction come from?
Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).