anharmonic
adjective
anharmonic is spelled A-N-H-A-R-M-O-N-I-C: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, anharmonic means “Not harmonic. Inharmonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anharmonic?
| Letters | 10: A-N-H-A-R-M-O-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th 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 anharmonic?
Anharmonic appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 anharmonic?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-anharmonic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does anharmonic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not harmonic. Inharmonic.
- 2
Exhibiting anharmonicity
An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.
- 3
Describing the section of a line by four points, A, B, C, D, when their mutual distances are such that AB divided by CB is not equal to AD divided by CD.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anharmonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense exhibiting anharmonicity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | anarmónico, anarmônico |
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 anharmonic come from?
From an- + harmonic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).