duplication

Other forms of duplication

plural

duplications·

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 duplication

What does duplication mean?

duplication means "a copy that corresponds to an original exactly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in duplication?

duplication has 4 syllables: du-pli-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌdjupləˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for duplication?

Close synonyms include duplicate, gemination. 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 duplication a common word?

duplication 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 duplication?

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