validation

Other forms of validation

plural

validations·

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 validation

What does validation mean?

validation means "the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in validation?

validation has 4 syllables: val-i-da-tion. The stress falls on "da". In IPA it is /ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən/.

What is another word for validation?

Close synonyms include proof, substantiation, establishment. 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 validation a common word?

validation 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 validation?

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