All Words: attention, convention, invention, prevention, detention, supervention, mention, retention, abstention, inattention, intention, subvention, contravention, contention, intervention, distention, nonintervention, indention, obtention, and circumvention
Word | Length | Vowels | Syllables | |||
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Attention | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Middle English | |
Convention | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Middle French | |
Invention | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Old French | |
Prevention | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | French | |
Detention | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Middle French | |
Supervention | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||
Mention | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Old French | |
Retention | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Middle English | |
Abstention | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | French | |
Inattention | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | French | |
Intention | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Middle French | |
Subvention | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Middle French | |
Contravention | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | Middle French | |
Contention | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Middle English | |
Intervention | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Middle French | |
Distention | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Middle French | |
Nonintervention | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | ||
Indention | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
Obtention | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
Circumvention | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | Latin |
Suffix: -ntion. List of words that end in ntion.