atonality
noun
atonality is spelled A-T-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, atonality means “A style of music that is written without a key” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of atonality is atonalities.
How many letters and syllables are in atonality?
| Letters | 9: A-T-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th 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 atonality?
Atonality appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 atonality?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-atonality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of atonality
- atonalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does atonality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A style of music that is written without a key.
- 2
A passage written without a key.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Atonality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a style of music:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | atonalité |
| German | Atonalität |
| Portuguese | atonalidade |
| Spanish | atonalidad |
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 atonality come from?
From atonal + -ity or a- + tonality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).