contemporaneously
/kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/adverb
contemporaneously is spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-O-R-A-N-E-O-U-S-L-Y: 17 letters and 7 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, contemporaneously means “In a contemporaneous way: in the same period of time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in contemporaneously?
| Letters | 17: C-O-N-T-E-M-P-O-R-A-N-E-O-U-S-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 contemporaneously?
Contemporaneously appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th 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 contemporaneously?
- UK /kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/
- UK /ˌkɒntɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/
- US /kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/
Contemporaneously has 7 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-contemporaneously.ogg, En-au-contemporaneously.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with contemporaneously?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as contemporaneously from its last stressed vowel (/eɪniəsli/):
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).
What does contemporaneously mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a contemporaneous way: in the same period of time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does contemporaneously come from?
From contemporaneous + -ly, from Latin contemporāneus, from co- (“together”) + tempus (“time”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).