dialogue
di·a·logue/ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/noun, verb
dialogue is spelled D-I-A-L-O-G-U-E, 3 syllables: di·a·logue. The wrong spelling people search most is dialouge: about 400 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 11 of all searches for the word. Dialogue is a noun meaning “A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals”. The plural of dialogue is dialogues.
How many letters and syllables are in dialogue?
| Letters | 8: D-I-A-L-O-G-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: di·a·logue |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,365th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, dialouge, about 400 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people 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); 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 do you spell dialogue?
Dialogue is spelled D-I-A-L-O-G-U-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 11 of the searches for dialogue in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is dialogue?
Dialogue appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,365th 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 dialogue?
- UK /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
- /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/
- US /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/
Dialogue has 3 syllables, split di·a·logue in writing.
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 dialogue
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: dialog.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with dialogue?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dialogue 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 dialogue
- dialogues plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- dialog US
- dialoguing participle, present
- dialogued participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dialogue mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
- 2
In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.
- 3
A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
- 4
The relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible).
- 5
nonstandardNonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”).
Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.
verb
- 1
informalTo discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.
- 2
To put into dialogue form.
- 3
obsoleteTo take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dialogue in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dialogue, conversation , dialoguer |
| German | Dialog, Gespräch , diskutieren, sich unterhalten, sich aussprechen, sich austauschen |
| Portuguese | diálogo, conversa, conversação , dialogar |
| Spanish | diálogo, conversación , dialogar |
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 dialogue come from?
Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).