echolalia
/ˌɛkoʊˈleɪliə/noun
echolalia is spelled E-C-H-O-L-A-L-I-A: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, echolalia means “The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of echolalia is echolalias.
How many letters and syllables are in echolalia?
| Letters | 9: E-C-H-O-L-A-L-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd 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 echolalia?
Echolalia appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 echolalia?
- UK /ˌɛkə(ʊ)ˈleɪlɪə/
- US /ˌɛkoʊˈleɪliə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-echolalia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with echolalia?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as echolalia from its last stressed vowel (/eɪliə/):
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 echolalia
- echolalias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does echolalia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
- 2
An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
- 3
Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Echolalia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense echoing of words or phrases:
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 echolalia come from?
From echo- + -lalia; echo- ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”), -lalia from λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).