transformation
trans·for·ma·tion/ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/noun
transformation is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N, 4 syllables: trans·for·ma·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is tranformation: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Transformation is a noun meaning “The act of transforming or the state of being transformed”. The plural of transformation is transformations.
How many letters and syllables are in transformation?
| Letters | 14: T-R-A-N-S-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: trans·for·ma·tion |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, tranformation, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell transformation?
Transformation is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is transformation?
Transformation 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 transformation?
- UK /ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌtɹæns.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
Transformation has 4 syllables, split trans·for·ma·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-transformation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with transformation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as transformation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
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 transformation
- transformations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transformation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
undergo a radical transformation
- 2
A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
- 3
The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
- 4
A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
- 5
The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
- 6
The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.
- 7
obsoleteA woman's wig.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate transformation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of transformation: TF.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Transformation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of transforming:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | transformation |
| German | Transformation, Verwandlung, Umformung |
| Portuguese | transformação |
| Spanish | transformación |
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 transformation come from?
Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).