figuration

Questions about figuration

What does figuration mean?

figuration means "representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in figuration?

figuration has 4 syllables: fig-u-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌfɪɡjɚˈeɪʃən/.

Is figuration a common word?

figuration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 figuration?

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