acromion
/əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/noun
acromion is spelled A-C-R-O-M-I-O-N: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acromion means “The outermost point of the shoulder blade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acromion is acromions or acromia.
How many letters and syllables are in acromion?
| Letters | 8: A-C-R-O-M-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is acromion?
Acromion appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce acromion?
- US /əˈkɹoʊ.mi.ən/
Acromion has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-acromion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with acromion?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as acromion from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmiən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of acromion
- acromions plural
- acromia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acromion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acromion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense outermost point of the shoulder blade:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does acromion come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “summit”) + ὦμ- (ôm-, “shoulder”) + -ιον (-ion, “noun suffix”). Compare -ion, especially in acropodion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).