anatomy
/əˈnætəmi/noun
anatomy is spelled A-N-A-T-O-M-Y: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anatomy means “The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anatomy is anatomies.
How many letters and syllables are in anatomy?
| Letters | 7: A-N-A-T-O-M-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 anatomy?
Anatomy appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 anatomy?
- US /əˈnætəmi/
- British /əˈnatəmɪj/
- /əˈnatəme/
Anatomy has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-anatomy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anatomy?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as anatomy from its last stressed vowel (/ætəmi/):
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 anatomy
- anatomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anatomy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.
- 2
The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
- 3
The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.
I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy.
- 4
A treatise or book on anatomy.
- 5
colloquialThe form of an individual.
- 6
The human body, especially in reference to the genitals.
- 7
archaicA skeleton or other dead body.
So did the Ægyptians, who in the middest of their banquetings, and in the full of their greatest cheere, caused the anatomy of a dead man to be brought before them, as a memorandum and warning to their guests.
- 8
The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.
the anatomy of a discourse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate anatomy?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of anatomy: anat..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anatomy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense art of studying the different parts of any organized body:
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.