diatessaron
noun
diatessaron is spelled D-I-A-T-E-S-S-A-R-O-N: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diatessaron means “A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diatessaron is diatessarons or diatessara.
How many letters and syllables are in diatessaron?
| Letters | 11: D-I-A-T-E-S-S-A-R-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th 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 diatessaron?
Diatessaron appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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).
Forms of diatessaron
- diatessarons plural
- diatessara plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diatessaron mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
- 2
A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
- 3
obsoleteAn electuary compounded of four medicines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does diatessaron come from?
From Latin diatessarōn, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων (tessárōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).