anthology
an·thol·ogy/ænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/noun
anthology is spelled A-N-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables (an·thol·ogy). It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anthology means “A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anthology is anthologies.
How many letters and syllables are in anthology?
| Letters | 9: A-N-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: an·thol·ogy |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th 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 anthology?
Anthology appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 anthology?
- UK /ænˈθɒlədʒi/
- US /ænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/
Anthology has 3 syllables, split an·thol·ogy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-anthology.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anthology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as anthology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
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 anthology
- anthologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anthology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
- 2
A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
- 3
An assortment of things.
- 4
The study of flowers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anthology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anthologie, florilège |
| German | Anthologie, Sammelband, Blütenlese, Spicilegium , Auslese |
| Portuguese | antologia |
| Spanish | antología, florilegio |
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 anthology come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologéō, “I gather flowers”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather, pick up, collect”), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stéphanos, “garland”)) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. By surface analysis, antho- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).