ambigram
noun
ambigram is spelled A-M-B-I-G-R-A-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ambigram means “A calligraphic design that may be read as the same word or phrase (or sometimes different words or phrases) when oriented in two different ways…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ambigram is ambigrams.
How many letters and syllables are in ambigram?
| Letters | 8: A-M-B-I-G-R-A-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is ambigram?
Ambigram appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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).
Forms of ambigram
- ambigrams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ambigram mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A calligraphic design that may be read as the same word or phrase (or sometimes different words or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ambigram in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense design that reads as the same word or phrase in two different orientations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ambigramme |
| German | Ambigramm |
| Portuguese | ambigrama |
| Spanish | ambigrama |
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 ambigram come from?
From ambi- + -gram. Coined by Douglas Hofstadter in 1983-1984.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).