atomy
/ˈætəmi/noun, adjective
atomy is spelled A-T-O-M-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, atomy means “A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of atomy is atomies.
How many letters and syllables are in atomy?
| Letters | 5: A-T-O-M-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd 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 atomy?
Atomy appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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 atomy?
- UK /ˈætəmi/
- US /ˈætəmi/
- US [-ɾə-]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-atomy.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-atomy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with atomy?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as atomy 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 atomy
- atomies plural
- more atomy comparative
- most atomy superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does atomy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
- 2
A floating mote or speck of dust.
- 3
archaicThe smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something; an atom.
- 4
A very small being; a mite.
- 5
archaicA skeleton.
- 6
UKA person who is very emaciated or thin; a skeleton.
- 7
obsoleteChiefly in the works of the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870): a thing which is very slender and weak.
adjective
- 1
Made up of tiny particles.
- 2
Resembling a tiny particle; atomlike.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does atomy come from?
A variant of atomi, the plural of atomus (“hypothetical particle posited as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter; mote of dust in a sunbeam”) treated as a singular form. Atomus is derived from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”, adjective), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having an opposite sense) + τομ- (tom-) (stem of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns of action or result). Doublet of atom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).