confederation

Other forms of confederation

plural

confederations·

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 confederation

What does confederation mean?

confederation means "the state of being allied or confederated". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in confederation?

confederation has 5 syllables: con-fed-e-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /kənˌfɛdɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for confederation?

Close synonyms include alliance, confederacy, federation, alliance. 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 confederation a common word?

confederation 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 confederation?

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