correlation

Other forms of correlation

plural

correlations·

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 correlation

What does correlation mean?

correlation means "a reciprocal relation between two or more things". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in correlation?

correlation has 4 syllables: cor-re-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌkɔɹəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for correlation?

Close synonyms include correlativity, correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation, correlational statistics. 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 correlation a common word?

correlation 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 correlation?

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