attrition

Other forms of attrition

plural

attritions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about attrition

What does attrition mean?

attrition means "erosion by friction". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in attrition?

attrition has 3 syllables: at-trit-ion. The stress falls on "trit". In IPA it is /əˈtɹɪʃən/.

What is another word for attrition?

Close synonyms include abrasion, corrasion, detrition, grinding, abrasion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is attrition a common word?

attrition is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with attrition?

8 words rhyme with attrition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.