devaluation

Questions about devaluation

What does devaluation mean?

devaluation means "an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in devaluation?

devaluation has 5 syllables: de-val-u-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /dɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən/.

Is devaluation a common word?

devaluation 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 devaluation?

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