ebonics
ebon·ics/iˈbɑnɪks/noun
ebonics is spelled E-B-O-N-I-C-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ebon·ics). It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ebonics means “Alternative letter-case form of Ebonics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ebonics?
| Letters | 7: E-B-O-N-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ebon·ics |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th 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 ebonics?
Ebonics appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 ebonics?
- US /iˈbɑnɪks/
- US /ɪ̈-/
- US /ɛ-/
Ebonics has 2 syllables, split ebon·ics in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ebonics?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ebonics from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnɪks/):
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).
What does ebonics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Ebonics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).