conics
con·icsnoun
conics is spelled C-O-N-I-C-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables (con·ics). It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, conics means “The branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in conics?
| Letters | 6: C-O-N-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: con·ics |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th 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 conics?
Conics appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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 conics?
- US
Conics has 2 syllables, split con·ics in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-conics.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does conics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
- 2
plural of conic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does conics come from?
From cone + -ics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).