digamma
/daɪˈɡæmə/noun
digamma is spelled D-I-G-A-M-M-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, digamma means “An Ancient Greek letter representing /w/: Ϝ, ϝ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of digamma is digammas.
How many letters and syllables are in digamma?
| Letters | 7: D-I-G-A-M-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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 digamma?
Digamma appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 digamma?
- /daɪˈɡæmə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of digamma
- digammas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does digamma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An Ancient Greek letter representing /w/: Ϝ, ϝ
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Digamma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Ancient Greek letter:
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 digamma come from?
From di- + gamma, from its shape resembling two stacked capital gammas (Γ).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).