duopoly
du·o·po·ly/duˈɑpəli/noun
duopoly is spelled D-U-O-P-O-L-Y: 7 letters and 4 syllables (du·o·po·ly). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, duopoly means “An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of duopoly is duopolies.
How many letters and syllables are in duopoly?
| Letters | 7: D-U-O-P-O-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: du·o·po·ly |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th 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; 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 duopoly?
Duopoly appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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 duopoly?
- UK /djuːˈɒpəli/
- UK /duː-/
- US /duˈɑpəli/
Duopoly has 4 syllables, split du·o·po·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-duopoly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with duopoly?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as duopoly from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpəli/):
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 duopoly
- duopolies plural
- dyopoly
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does duopoly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
Modern examples of duopoly include the American markets for credit cards (Visa and MasterCard), smartphones (Apple and Google), soft drinks (Coca-Cola and Pepsi), and airplanes (Airbus and Boeing).
- 2
The domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people.
First past the post voting has long maintained American politics as an effective duopoly where power simply alternates between two main parties.
- 3
A situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Duopoly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the mar:
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 duopoly come from?
From duo- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).