syllabation
French, noun/si.la.ba.sjɔ̃/
syllabation is spelled S-Y-L-L-A-B-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Syllabation is a French feminine noun meaning “syllabification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Découpage en syllabes”.
What does syllabation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyllabification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Découpage en syllabes. 2. Action de lire ou de prononcer syllabe par syllabe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of syllabation
- syllabations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce syllabation?
- /si.la.ba.sjɔ̃/
- \si.la.ba.sjɔ̃\
- \sil.la.ba.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to syllabation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is syllabation in French?
syllabation appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).