dialog
/ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/noun, verb
dialog is spelled D-I-A-L-O-G: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “dialog vs dialogue” about 8,100 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, dialog means “Uncommon spelling of dialogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dialog is dialogs.
How many letters and syllables are in dialog?
| Letters | 6: D-I-A-L-O-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dialog?
Dialog appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 dialog?
- UK /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
- US /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/
- /ˈɖaɪ(ə)lɔɡ/
Dialog has 3 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-dialogue.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dialog
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: dialogue.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dialog?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dialog from its last stressed vowel (/aɪəlɑɡ/):
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 dialog
- dialogs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dialoging participle, present
- dialoged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dialog mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USUncommon spelling of dialogue.
- 2
Ellipsis of dialog box.
verb
- 1
USUncommon spelling of dialogue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dialog in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computing: dialog box:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Dialogfenster, Dialog |
| Portuguese | diálogo |
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 dialog come from?
Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).