Tion Words: 750+ Words Ending in Tion by Length

Tion words are nouns built by adding the suffix -tion to a verb, so act becomes action and educate becomes education. The ending names the act, the process, or the result, and English has well over a thousand of them, from six letters up to seventeen. Find the verb underneath and the meaning follows.

Tion Words List With Meanings

Word	Meaning
Action	Something done
Nation	A country and the people who live under one government
Relation	A connection between two people, or between two facts
Solution	An answer to a problem
Question	A request for information
Attention	Focus given to one thing at a time
Station	A stopping place for trains, or a base for work or broadcasting
Motion	Movement
Election	A formal vote to choose someone
Operation	A planned activity, or a medical procedure
Education	Teaching, learning, or training
Decoration	Something added to make a place look better
Generation	People born around the same time
Application	A formal request, or a program on a phone or computer
Observation	Watching something closely enough to notice what happens
Preparation	Getting ready before something starts
Explanation	A statement that makes something understandable
Communication	Sharing information, thoughts, or feelings
Representation	Speaking or acting for someone else
Transformation	A change so large the original is hard to recognize
Classification	The naming of types within a larger group
Implementation	Turning a plan or rule into real practice
Identification	Naming who or what something is
Recommendation	Advice on what to choose or do
Translation	Moving words from one language into another
Domination	Control held over other people or groups
Invitation	A request to attend or join
Conservation	Protecting nature, resources, or historic work
Estimation	A rough figure worked out without exact measurement
Limitation	A boundary on what someone can do
Acceleration	An increase in speed
Federation	A union of states, groups, or clubs under one body
Adaptation	A change made to suit new conditions
Foundation	The base a building is built on, or a starting point for anything else
Dedication	Long commitment to one goal or person
Termination	The point where something stops for good
Examination	A test, or a close inspection
Proclamation	A public announcement made with authority
Reconciliation	Repairing a broken relationship or agreement
Differentiation	Telling two similar cases apart
Accommodation	A place to stay, or an adjustment made for someone
Information	Facts and knowledge about something
Constitution	The founding laws that govern a country
Administration	The running of an office, school, or government
Position	The place something occupies, or the view someone takes
Section	One named part of a longer whole
Mention	A short reference made in passing
Emotion	A feeling such as joy, fear, or anger
Creation	The making of something, or the thing made
Duration	How long something lasts from start to finish

What Does The Tion Suffix Mean

The suffix -tion turns a verb into an abstract noun. It names the act itself, the process of doing it, or the result once it is done. Inform is something you do; information is what you end up with. That one shift explains why tion words fill formal writing, where a process, rather than a person, takes the subject slot.

The suffix delivers one of three meanings:

• The act of doing it: creation, narration, demolition.
• The process while it happens: circulation, negotiation, fermentation.
• The result once it is finished: decoration, solution, invention.

Most tion words trace back to Latin through French, which is why so many of them look identical in both languages and why academic and legal English uses so many of them.

Verb	Tion Word
Act	Action
Create	Creation
Educate	Education
Inform	Information
Prepare	Preparation
Translate	Translation
Represent	Representation
Contribute	Contribution

How To Spell Tion Words Correctly

The shun sound at the end of an English noun has four spellings, and the base word decides which one you need. Look at the last letters of the verb before you write anything.

• Write -tion when the base ends in -t, -te, or -ct: collect to collection, educate to education, invent to invention, act to action.
• Write -sion when the base ends in -d, -de, or -se: decide to decision, expand to expansion, revise to revision, extend to extension.
• Write -ssion when the base ends in -ss or -mit: discuss to discussion, express to expression, permit to permission, admit to admission.
• Write -cian when the word names a person and the base ends in -ic: music to musician, magic to magician, politics to politician, electric to electrician.

The single most common error is writing -tion on a base that ends in d. Test the verb first:

Decide + tion, written as decition ❌
Decide + sion, written as decision ✅

Two spelling changes to expect: a base ending in silent -e drops it before the suffix, so create gives creation and decorate gives decoration. A base ending in -y shifts to -i, so modify gives modification and qualify gives qualification.

How To Pronounce Tion Words

The ending -tion is pronounced shun, never tee-on. Nation is NAY-shun, education is ed-yoo-KAY-shun, communication is kuh-myoo-ni-KAY-shun.

Stress works the same way in every tion word: the syllable immediately before -tion takes it, whatever the length of the word. Say in-for-MA-tion, cel-e-BRA-tion, rec-om-men-DA-tion, NA-tion. Guess the stress on a tion word you have never met and you will be right nearly every time.

Two exceptions are worth memorizing. After the letter s, the ending shifts from shun to chun, which affects question, suggestion, digestion, combustion, congestion, exhaustion and bastion. And equation alone takes a zhun ending, pronounced ih-KWAY-zhun.

• The plain on ending: Words Ending In On

Tion Words In Sentences For Practice

Seeing a tion word in position teaches more than a meaning on its own, because these nouns almost always take the subject or object slot rather than the verb slot.

Word	Sentence
Action	His quick action prevented a serious mistake.
Attention	The speaker held everyone’s attention until the end.
Communication	Better communication cut the confusion inside the team.
Creation	The artist talked about the creation of her latest painting.
Education	Education opens doors that stay shut otherwise.
Explanation	Her explanation answered every question in the room.
Foundation	The foundation of the building was damaged by the flood.
Information	The report has the information you asked for.
Invitation	The invitation arrived by email on Friday morning.
Observation	One observation changed the direction of the research.
Operation	The rescue operation lasted all night.
Preparation	Careful preparation improved the final result.
Recommendation	The doctor gave a firm recommendation.
Solution	The team found a practical solution within a day.
Translation	The translation kept the meaning of the original.
Transformation	The city’s transformation took ten years.
Question	Every question in the exam came from the syllabus.

Everyday Words Ending In Tion

These turn up in conversation, signage, and school work, and they are the ones worth spelling correctly first.

• Action, Attention, Caution, Creation, Direction, Education.
• Emotion, Election, Explanation, Information, Invitation, Location.
• Motion, Nation, Operation, Option, Position, Question.
• Relation, Section, Solution, Station, Vacation.

Academic Words Ending In Tion

Essays, lab reports and research papers use tion nouns heavily, because they name a process without naming who performed it.

• Classification, Differentiation, Evaluation, Examination, Explanation, Formation.
• Identification, Interpretation, Investigation, Observation, Representation, Transformation.
• Validation, Verification, Citation.

Business Words Ending In Tion

Workplace English depends on these. A meeting agenda, a job description and a performance review will each use several.

• Administration, Application, Automation, Collaboration, Communication, Compensation.
• Competition, Confirmation, Consultation, Contribution, Coordination, Delegation.
• Documentation, Evaluation, Implementation, Innovation, Integration, Negotiation.
• Organization, Presentation, Production, Promotion, Recommendation, Regulation.
• Resolution, Transaction, Verification.

Science Words Ending In Tion

Scientific writing uses tion nouns to name a mechanism, which is why a physics or biology glossary reads as though half of it shares one ending.

• Absorption, Acceleration, Adaptation, Calculation, Circulation, Combustion.
• Condensation, Decomposition, Digestion, Evaporation, Evolution, Fermentation.
• Filtration, Friction, Hydration, Oxidation, Radiation, Rotation.
• Sedimentation, Ventilation, Vibration, Respiration.

Words Ending In Tion By Length

Six letters is as short as a tion word gets. There are more than 2,381 words with this ending between six and fifteen letters, and ordinary English runs longer still, as far as industrialization at seventeen. Most run to between nine and twelve letters, because the suffix attaches to verbs that are already three or four syllables long.

Words at each length	What it adds
Six Letter Words in English	Every six-letter word, not only the eight that end in tion
7 Letter Words in English	Seven-letter vocabulary with meanings and pictures
Eight Letter Words In English	The wider eight-letter set, where tion words first crowd in
10 Letter Words in English	Ten-letter words by use, letter and prefix
11 Letter Words	The A to Z run at the length tion words dominate
12 Letter Words	Twelve-letter words, where -tion and -ness together make thousands

6 Letter Words Ending In Tion

The shortest tion words take no prefix at all. Each one is a bare root with the ending attached.

Action	Lotion	Motion
Nation	Notion	Option
Potion	Ration

7 Letter Words Ending In Tion

At seven letters the words stay one or two syllables and most of them are everyday vocabulary.

Auction	Bastion	Caption
Caution	Diction	Edition
Elation	Emotion	Faction
Fiction	Mention	Oration
Ovation	Portion	Section
Station	Suction	Tuition

8 Letter Words Ending In Tion

Eight letters is where the Latin roots start showing, and where school spelling lists begin.

Ablation	Ablution	Abortion
Addition	Adoption	Ambition
Aviation	Citation	Creation
Curation	Deletion	Demotion
Devotion	Dilation	Dilution
Donation	Duration	Ejection
Election	Equation	Erection
Eruption	Fixation	Fraction
Friction	Fruition	Function
Gyration	Ignition	Inaction
Junction	Location	Mutation
Negation	Notation	Petition
Position	Question	Reaction
Relation	Rotation	Sanction
Sedation	Solution	Taxation
Traction	Vacation	Vexation
Vocation

9 Letter Words Ending In Tion

Nine letters is where the prefix forms concentrate: de-, re-, in-, ex- and con- attached to a short root.

Abduction	Abolition	Accretion
Addiction	Adoration	Adulation
Advection	Affection	Agitation
Animation	Attention	Bisection
Coalition	Cognition	Collation
Condition	Cremation	Deception
Deduction	Defection	Deflation
Dejection	Depiction	Detection
Detention	Deviation	Dictation
Digestion	Direction	Education
Elevation	Emanation	Emulation
Erudition	Evolution	Exception
Execution	Exemption	Extortion
Flotation	Formation	Gestation
Hydration	Imitation	Inception
Induction	Infection	Inflation
Ingestion	Injection	Insertion
Intention	Intuition	Invention
Isolation	Iteration	Lactation
Mediation	Migration	Narration
Nutrition	Objection	Operation
Oxidation	Partition	Pollution
Probation	Promotion	Quotation
Radiation	Reduction	Rejection
Retention	Ruination	Salvation
Selection	Sensation	Situation
Summation	Tradition	Valuation
Variation	Vibration	Violation

10 Letter Words Ending In Tion

Ten letters is where ordinary reading concentrates. Almost every word here turns up in a newspaper.

Abdication	Aberration	Abnegation
Abrogation	Absolution	Absorption
Abstention	Accusation	Activation
Adaptation	Admiration	Admonition
Adsorption	Affliction	Alienation
Allegation	Allocation	Alteration
Amputation	Annexation	Annotation
Ascription	Aspiration	Assumption
Attraction	Automation	Castration
Cogitation	Collection	Coloration
Combustion	Completion	Conception
Conduction	Confection	Conflation
Congestion	Connection	Contention
Convention	Conviction	Correction
Corruption	Decoration	Dedication
Defamation	Delegation	Demolition
Deposition	Derivation	Desolation
Detonation	Diminution	Discretion
Disruption	Dissection	Distortion
Domination	Elongation	Emigration
Escalation	Estimation	Evacuation
Evaluation	Excavation	Exhalation
Exhaustion	Exhibition	Exhumation
Expedition	Exposition	Extinction
Extraction	Federation	Flirtation
Fumigation	Generation	Graduation
Herniation	Hesitation	Imposition
Incubation	Indication	Inflection
Infraction	Inhalation	Inhibition
Initiation	Innovation	Inspection
Insulation	Intimation	Intonation
Invitation	Invocation	Irrigation
Irritation	Jubilation	Laceration
Levitation	Liberation	Limitation
Locomotion	Maturation	Medication
Meditation	Mitigation	Moderation
Modulation	Motivation	Mutilation
Navigation	Nomination	Obligation
Occupation	Opposition	Perception
Perfection	Plantation	Population
Precaution	Prediction	Prevention
Production	Projection	Proportion
Protection	Recitation	Recreation
Redemption	Reflection	Refraction
Regulation	Relaxation	Relegation
Relocation	Renovation	Reparation
Repetition	Reposition	Reputation
Resolution	Retraction	Revelation
Sanitation	Saturation	Separation
Simulation	Stagnation	Starvation
Subjection	Subsection	Suggestion
Temptation	Toleration	Transition
Ulceration	Validation	Vegetation
Veneration

11 Letter Words Ending In Tion

More tion words are eleven letters long than any other length, built from four-syllable verbs ending in -ate and -ify.

Abomination	Abstraction	Acclamation
Acquisition	Affectation	Affiliation
Affirmation	Aggravation	Aggregation
Alleviation	Altercation	Appellation
Application	Approbation	Arbitration
Association	Attenuation	Attestation
Attribution	Benediction	Benefaction
Bifurcation	Calcination	Calculation
Calibration	Captivation	Carbonation
Celebration	Cementation	Circulation
Collocation	Combination	Commutation
Competition	Compilation	Composition
Computation	Conjunction	Connotation
Consolation	Consumption	Contraction
Contraption	Cooperation	Corporation
Correlation	Cultivation	Declaration
Deformation	Degradation	Dehydration
Delineation	Demarcation	Deportation
Deprivation	Description	Designation
Destination	Destruction	Devaluation
Devastation	Dislocation	Disposition
Dissipation	Dissolution	Distinction
Distraction	Duplication	Edification
Elaboration	Elimination	Elucidation
Enumeration	Enunciation	Eradication
Evaporation	Examination	Exclamation
Exhortation	Exoneration	Expectation
Explanation	Explication	Exploration
Exportation	Extradition	Fabrication
Fascination	Fluctuation	Formulation
Frustration	Germination	Gravitation
Habituation	Hibernation	Humiliation
Hyphenation	Idolization	Imagination
Immigration	Implication	Importation
Incantation	Inclination	Indentation
Indignation	Infatuation	Infestation
Information	Inoculation	Inscription
Insinuation	Inspiration	Instigation
Institution	Instruction	Integration
Interaction	Lamentation	Legislation
Liquidation	Lubrication	Malfunction
Mastication	Molestation	Negotiation
Observation	Obstruction	Orientation
Oscillation	Palpitation	Penetration
Percolation	Perforation	Permutation
Persecution	Pollination	Preparation
Prohibition	Propagation	Proposition
Prosecution	Protraction	Provocation
Publication	Punctuation	Realization
Reclamation	Recognition	Reformation
Reiteration	Remediation	Replication
Requisition	Reservation	Resignation
Respiration	Restoration	Restriction
Retaliation	Retribution	Segregation
Speculation	Stimulation	Stipulation
Subtraction	Suffocation	Supposition
Syndication	Termination	Transaction
Translation	Tribulation	Unification
Utilization	Vaccination	Ventilation
Vindication

12 Letter Words Ending In Tion

Twelve letters brings in the double prefixes and the longer academic vocabulary.

Abbreviation	Acceleration	Accumulation
Adjudication	Adulteration	Alliteration
Amalgamation	Amelioration	Annihilation
Anticipation	Appreciation	Articulation
Assimilation	Augmentation	Cancellation
Canonization	Capitulation	Chlorination
Civilization	Codification	Commendation
Compensation	Complication	Conciliation
Condemnation	Condensation	Confirmation
Confiscation	Conformation	Congregation
Conscription	Consecration	Conservation
Constipation	Constitution	Construction
Consultation	Continuation	Contribution
Conversation	Coordination	Deactivation
Decapitation	Deceleration	Deliberation
Denunciation	Depreciation	Deregulation
Desalination	Dilapidation	Disaffection
Disinfection	Dissertation	Distillation
Distribution	Emancipation	Exaggeration
Exasperation	Exploitation	Facilitation
Fermentation	Illumination	Illustration
Immunization	Implantation	Inauguration
Infiltration	Inflammation	Installation
Interception	Interjection	Interruption
Intersection	Intervention	Intimidation
Introduction	Jurisdiction	Legalization
Localization	Malnutrition	Manipulation
Memorization	Modification	Notification
Optimization	Organization	Pacification
Perpetuation	Perspiration	Polarization
Prescription	Presentation	Preservation
Proclamation	Purification	Ramification
Ratification	Recollection	Registration
Rejuvenation	Remuneration	Renunciation
Reproduction	Resurrection	Satisfaction
Subscription	Substitution	Superstition
Urbanization	Verification	Vocalization

Long Tion Words With 13 Letters Or More

Past thirteen letters the words come almost entirely from science, law and administration. Characterization, decentralization and industrialization stretch furthest, and none of the three turns up outside specialist writing.

Accommodation	Accreditation	Acidification
Administration	Afforestation	Agglomeration
Amplification	Appropriation	Approximation
Argumentation	Authentication	Authorization
Beatification	Beautification	Biodegradation
Bioremediation	Calcification	Cannibalization
Capitalization	Carbonization	Categorization
Centralization	Certification	Characterization
Clarification	Classification	Collaboration
Commemoration	Communication	Concentration
Confabulation	Confederation	Configuration
Confrontation	Congratulation	Consideration
Consolidation	Constellation	Consternation
Contamination	Contemplation	Contraception
Contradiction	Contravention	Corroboration
Crystallization	Customization	Decentralization
Decolonization	Decomposition	Deconstruction
Defenestration	Deforestation	Democratization
Demonstration	Desertification	Deterioration
Determination	Detoxification	Differentiation
Disambiguation	Disconnection	Disinformation
Disintegration	Disorientation	Dissatisfaction
Dissemination	Diversification	Documentation
Domestication	Electrification	Experimentation
Extermination	Extrapolation	Falsification
Familiarization	Fertilization	Fortification
Fragmentation	Generalization	Globalization
Glorification	Gratification	Hallucination
Harmonization	Hospitalization	Humidification
Hydrogenation	Identification	Impersonation
Implementation	Improvisation	Incarceration
Incorporation	Incrimination	Industrialization
Instrumentation	Interconnection	Interpretation
Interrogation	Introspection	Investigation
Justification	Juxtaposition	Magnification
Manifestation	Mechanization	Misconception
Modernization	Multiplication	Mystification
Nationalization	Naturalization	Normalization
Orchestration	Ornamentation	Participation
Personalization	Personification	Precipitation
Privatization	Procrastination	Proliferation
Pronunciation	Qualification	Quantification
Rationalization	Recommendation	Reconciliation
Reconstruction	Rectification	Reforestation
Refrigeration	Rehabilitation	Reincarnation
Representation	Reverberation	Sedimentation
Simplification	Socialization	Specialization
Specification	Stabilization	Standardization
Sterilization	Subordination	Synchronization
Transcription	Transformation	Transplantation
Transportation	Transposition	Victimization
Visualization

Tion And Sion Words Difference And List

Both endings make the same shun sound, so the ear gives no help at all. The base word does. Use -tion after a base ending in t, te or ct, and -sion after a base ending in d, de or se. Where the rule fails, the pair has to be memorized, and these ten cause the most trouble.

• The matching sion words: Words Ending In Sion

Tion And Sion Minimal Pairs

Tion Word	Sion Word
Action	Decision
Attention	Confusion
Creation	Division
Education	Erosion
Election	Expansion
Formation	Extension
Information	Permission
Invitation	Revision
Operation	Tension
Solution	Vision

Verb To Noun Pairs

Tracing the noun back to its verb settles the spelling faster than memorizing the noun alone.

Verb	Noun
Create	Creation
Educate	Education
Inform	Information
Prepare	Preparation
Decide	Decision
Revise	Revision
Divide	Division
Permit	Permission
Discuss	Discussion
Extend	Extension

Words With Tion In The Middle

The letters tion also turn up inside longer words, where the noun has taken a further ending and become an adjective, an adverb, or a person. Nation becomes national, option becomes optional, tradition becomes traditional. Recognizing the tion core inside these makes both the spelling and the meaning easier to work out.

• National, Rational, Optional, Fictional, Emotional.
• Functional, Additional, Conditional, Traditional, Sensational.
• Exceptional, Intentional, Proportional, Educational, Operational.
• Promotional, Informational, Motivational, Nutritional, International.
• Constitutional, Institutional, Questionnaire, Stationary, Stationery.
• Cautionary, Revolutionary, Probationary, Discretionary, Affectionate.
• Auctioneer, Nationality, Rationale.

Words Ending In Tions

Almost every tion word takes a plain -s in the plural. Only the uncountable ones resist, and information is the one that catches you out most.

Word	Word	Word
Actions	Applications	Celebrations
Communications	Conditions	Connections
Decorations	Directions	Elections
Explanations	Generations	Invitations
Locations	Observations	Operations
Preparations	Questions	Relations
Recommendations	Solutions	Translations

British And American Tion Spellings

Tion words built on the verb ending -ise or -ize split across the Atlantic. British writing prefers -isation, American writing uses -ization, and both are correct within their own market.

British English	American English
Organisation	Organization
Civilisation	Civilization
Authorisation	Authorization
Realisation	Realization
Specialisation	Specialization
Standardisation	Standardization
Modernisation	Modernization
Privatisation	Privatization

French Words Ending In Tion

French shares the ending with English because both took it from Latin, and the spelling stayed almost identical. Nearly every French noun ending in -tion is feminine, so it takes la.

French Word	English Meaning
Situation	Situation
Population	Population
Réaction	Reaction
Communication	Communication
Décoration	Decoration
Invitation	Invitation
Nation	Nation
Formation	Training or formation
Tradition	Tradition
Vibration	Vibration
Information	Information
Organisation	Organization
Constitution	Constitution
Administration	Administration
Position	Position
Répétition	Repetition or rehearsal
Évolution	Evolution
Éducation	Education
Direction	Direction or management
Manifestation	Demonstration or protest

Words Ending In Tion From A To Z

Every word from A to Z here ends in -tion and nothing else. Words ending in -sion, -ssion or -cian make the same sound and stay out, because mixing them is what teaches the wrong spelling.

A Words Ending In Tion

Abbreviation	Abdication	Abduction
Aberration	Ablation	Ablution
Abnegation	Abolition	Abomination
Abortion	Abrogation	Absolution
Absorption	Abstention	Abstraction
Acceleration	Acclamation	Accommodation
Accreditation	Accretion	Accumulation
Accusation	Acidification	Acquisition
Action	Activation	Adaptation
Addiction	Addition	Adjudication
Administration	Admiration	Admonition
Adoption	Adoration	Adsorption
Adulation	Adulteration	Advection
Affectation	Affection	Affiliation
Affirmation	Affliction	Afforestation
Agglomeration	Aggravation	Aggregation
Agitation	Alienation	Allegation
Alleviation	Alliteration	Allocation
Alteration	Altercation	Amalgamation
Ambition	Amelioration	Amplification
Amputation	Animation	Annexation
Annihilation	Annotation	Anticipation
Appellation	Application	Appreciation
Approbation	Appropriation	Approximation
Arbitration	Argumentation	Articulation
Ascription	Aspiration	Assimilation
Association	Assumption	Attention
Attenuation	Attestation	Attraction
Attribution	Auction	Augmentation
Authentication	Authorization	Automation
Aviation

B Words Ending In Tion

Word	Word	Word
Bastion	Beatification	Beautification
Benediction	Benefaction	Bifurcation
Biodegradation	Bioremediation	Bisection

C Words Ending In Tion

Calcification	Calcination	Calculation
Calibration	Cancellation	Cannibalization
Canonization	Capitalization	Capitulation
Caption	Captivation	Carbonation
Carbonization	Castration	Categorization
Caution	Celebration	Cementation
Centralization	Certification	Characterization
Chlorination	Circulation	Citation
Civilization	Clarification	Classification
Coalition	Codification	Cogitation
Cognition	Collaboration	Collation
Collection	Collocation	Coloration
Combination	Combustion	Commemoration
Commendation	Communication	Commutation
Compensation	Competition	Compilation
Completion	Complication	Composition
Computation	Concentration	Conception
Conciliation	Condemnation	Condensation
Condition	Conduction	Confabulation
Confection	Confederation	Configuration
Confirmation	Confiscation	Conflation
Conformation	Confrontation	Congestion
Congratulation	Congregation	Conjunction
Connection	Connotation	Conscription
Consecration	Conservation	Consideration
Consolation	Consolidation	Constellation
Consternation	Constipation	Constitution
Construction	Consultation	Consumption
Contamination	Contemplation	Contention
Continuation	Contraception	Contraction
Contradiction	Contraption	Contravention
Contribution	Convention	Conversation
Conviction	Cooperation	Coordination
Corporation	Correction	Correlation
Corroboration	Corruption	Creation
Cremation	Crystallization	Cultivation
Curation	Customization

D Words Ending In Tion

Deactivation	Decapitation	Deceleration
Decentralization	Deception	Declaration
Decolonization	Decomposition	Deconstruction
Decoration	Dedication	Deduction
Defamation	Defection	Defenestration
Deflation	Deforestation	Deformation
Degradation	Dehydration	Dejection
Delegation	Deletion	Deliberation
Delineation	Demarcation	Democratization
Demolition	Demonstration	Demotion
Denunciation	Depiction	Deportation
Deposition	Depreciation	Deprivation
Deregulation	Derivation	Desalination
Description	Desertification	Designation
Desolation	Destination	Destruction
Detection	Detention	Deterioration
Determination	Detonation	Detoxification
Devaluation	Devastation	Deviation
Devotion	Dictation	Diction
Differentiation	Digestion	Dilapidation
Dilation	Dilution	Diminution
Direction	Disaffection	Disambiguation
Disconnection	Discretion	Disinfection
Disinformation	Disintegration	Dislocation
Disorientation	Disposition	Disruption
Dissatisfaction	Dissection	Dissemination
Dissertation	Dissipation	Dissolution
Distillation	Distinction	Distortion
Distraction	Distribution	Diversification
Documentation	Domestication	Domination
Donation	Duplication	Duration

E Words Ending In Tion

Edification	Edition	Education
Ejection	Elaboration	Elation
Election	Electrification	Elevation
Elimination	Elongation	Elucidation
Emanation	Emancipation	Emigration
Emotion	Emulation	Enumeration
Enunciation	Equation	Eradication
Erection	Erudition	Eruption
Escalation	Estimation	Evacuation
Evaluation	Evaporation	Evolution
Exaggeration	Examination	Exasperation
Excavation	Exception	Exclamation
Execution	Exemption	Exhalation
Exhaustion	Exhibition	Exhortation
Exhumation	Exoneration	Expectation
Expedition	Experimentation	Explanation
Explication	Exploitation	Exploration
Exportation	Exposition	Extermination
Extinction	Extortion	Extraction
Extradition	Extrapolation

F Words Ending In Tion

Fabrication	Facilitation	Faction
Falsification	Familiarization	Fascination
Federation	Fermentation	Fertilization
Fiction	Fixation	Flirtation
Flotation	Fluctuation	Formation
Formulation	Fortification	Fraction
Fragmentation	Friction	Fruition
Frustration	Fumigation	Function

G Words Ending In Tion

Generalization	Generation	Germination
Gestation	Globalization	Glorification
Graduation	Gratification	Gravitation
Gyration

H Words Ending In Tion

Habituation	Hallucination	Harmonization
Herniation	Hesitation	Hibernation
Hospitalization	Humidification	Humiliation
Hydration	Hydrogenation	Hyphenation

I Words Ending In Tion

Identification	Idolization	Ignition
Illumination	Illustration	Imagination
Imitation	Immigration	Immunization
Impersonation	Implantation	Implementation
Implication	Importation	Imposition
Improvisation	Inaction	Inauguration
Incantation	Incarceration	Inception
Inclination	Incorporation	Incrimination
Incubation	Indentation	Indication
Indignation	Induction	Industrialization
Infatuation	Infection	Infestation
Infiltration	Inflammation	Inflation
Inflection	Information	Infraction
Ingestion	Inhalation	Inhibition
Initiation	Injection	Innovation
Inoculation	Inscription	Insertion
Insinuation	Inspection	Inspiration
Installation	Instigation	Institution
Instruction	Instrumentation	Insulation
Integration	Intention	Interaction
Interception	Interconnection	Interjection
Interpretation	Interrogation	Interruption
Intersection	Intervention	Intimation
Intimidation	Intonation	Introduction
Introspection	Intuition	Invention
Investigation	Invitation	Invocation
Irrigation	Irritation	Isolation
Iteration

J Words Ending In Tion

Jubilation	Junction	Jurisdiction
Justification	Juxtaposition

L Words Ending In Tion

Laceration	Lactation	Lamentation
Legalization	Legislation	Levitation
Liberation	Limitation	Liquidation
Localization	Location	Locomotion
Lotion	Lubrication

M Words Ending In Tion

Magnification	Malfunction	Malnutrition
Manifestation	Manipulation	Mastication
Maturation	Mechanization	Mediation
Medication	Meditation	Memorization
Mention	Migration	Misconception
Mitigation	Moderation	Modernization
Modification	Modulation	Molestation
Motion	Motivation	Multiplication
Mutation	Mutilation	Mystification

N Words Ending In Tion

Narration	Nation	Nationalization
Naturalization	Navigation	Negation
Negotiation	Nomination	Normalization
Notation	Notification	Notion
Nutrition

O Words Ending In Tion

Objection	Obligation	Observation
Obstruction	Occupation	Operation
Opposition	Optimization	Option
Oration	Orchestration	Organization
Orientation	Ornamentation	Oscillation
Ovation	Oxidation

P Words Ending In Tion

Pacification	Palpitation	Participation
Partition	Penetration	Perception
Percolation	Perfection	Perforation
Permutation	Perpetuation	Persecution
Personalization	Personification	Perspiration
Petition	Plantation	Polarization
Pollination	Pollution	Population
Portion	Position	Potion
Precaution	Precipitation	Prediction
Preparation	Prescription	Presentation
Preservation	Prevention	Privatization
Probation	Proclamation	Procrastination
Production	Prohibition	Projection
Proliferation	Promotion	Pronunciation
Propagation	Proportion	Proposition
Prosecution	Protection	Protraction
Provocation	Publication	Punctuation
Purification

Q Words Ending In Tion

Qualification	Quantification	Question
Quotation

R Words Ending In Tion

Radiation	Ramification	Ratification
Ration	Rationalization	Reaction
Realization	Recitation	Reclamation
Recognition	Recollection	Recommendation
Reconciliation	Reconstruction	Recreation
Rectification	Redemption	Reduction
Reflection	Reforestation	Reformation
Refraction	Refrigeration	Registration
Regulation	Rehabilitation	Reincarnation
Reiteration	Rejection	Rejuvenation
Relation	Relaxation	Relegation
Relocation	Remediation	Remuneration
Renovation	Renunciation	Reparation
Repetition	Replication	Reposition
Representation	Reproduction	Reputation
Requisition	Reservation	Resignation
Resolution	Respiration	Restoration
Restriction	Resurrection	Retaliation
Retention	Retraction	Retribution
Revelation	Reverberation	Rotation
Ruination

S Words Ending In Tion

Salvation	Sanction	Sanitation
Satisfaction	Saturation	Section
Sedation	Sedimentation	Segregation
Selection	Sensation	Separation
Simplification	Simulation	Situation
Socialization	Solution	Specialization
Specification	Speculation	Stabilization
Stagnation	Standardization	Starvation
Station	Sterilization	Stimulation
Stipulation	Subjection	Subordination
Subscription	Subsection	Substitution
Subtraction	Suction	Suffocation
Suggestion	Summation	Superstition
Supposition	Synchronization	Syndication

T Words Ending In Tion

Taxation	Temptation	Termination
Toleration	Traction	Tradition
Transaction	Transcription	Transformation
Transition	Translation	Transplantation
Transportation	Transposition	Tribulation
Tuition

U Words Ending In Tion

Ulceration	Unification	Urbanization
Utilization

V Words Ending In Tion

Vacation	Vaccination	Validation
Valuation	Variation	Vegetation
Veneration	Ventilation	Verification
Vexation	Vibration	Victimization
Vindication	Violation	Visualization
Vocalization	Vocation

50 Tion Words To Learn First

If you are working through this ending for an exam or a spelling test, start here. These fifty have the highest frequency in written English and the base verb behind each one is already familiar.

Action	Addition	Attention
Celebration	Collection	Communication
Condition	Connection	Construction
Conversation	Creation	Decoration
Direction	Education	Election
Emotion	Equation	Examination
Explanation	Foundation	Function
Generation	Imagination	Information
Instruction	Invention	Invitation
Location	Motion	Nation
Operation	Option	Organization
Population	Position	Preparation
Presentation	Production	Protection
Question	Reaction	Relation
Section	Situation	Solution
Station	Suggestion	Tradition
Translation	Vacation

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