ectopia
/ɛkˈtoʊ.pi.ə/noun
ectopia is spelled E-C-T-O-P-I-A: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ectopia means “The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ectopia is ectopias.
How many letters and syllables are in ectopia?
| Letters | 7: E-C-T-O-P-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th 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 ectopia?
Ectopia appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 ectopia?
- UK /ɛkˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
- US /ɛkˈtoʊ.pi.ə/
Ectopia has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ectopia?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ectopia from its last stressed vowel (/oʊpiə/):
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 ectopia
- ectopias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ectopia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ectopia come from?
Learned borrowing from New Latin ectopia, derived from Ancient Greek ἔκτοπος (éktopos, “away from a place”), from ἐκ- (ek-) + τόπος (tópos). By surface analysis, ec- + -topia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).