encyclopaedia
en·cy·clo·pae·dia/ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/noun
encyclopaedia is spelled E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-A-E-D-I-A: 13 letters and 5 syllables (en·cy·clo·pae·dia). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, encyclopaedia means “Commonwealth standard spelling of encyclopedia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of encyclopaedia is encyclopaedias or encyclopaediae.
How many letters and syllables are in encyclopaedia?
| Letters | 13: E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-A-E-D-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: en·cy·clo·pae·dia |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 encyclopaedia?
Encyclopaedia appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 encyclopaedia?
- US /ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/
- US /ɛn-/
Encyclopaedia has 5 syllables, split en·cy·clo·pae·dia in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-encyclopedia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with encyclopaedia?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as encyclopaedia from its last stressed vowel (/idiə/):
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 encyclopaedia
- encyclopaedias plural
- encyclopaediae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does encyclopaedia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Commonwealth standard spelling of encyclopedia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does encyclopaedia come from?
Borrowed from New Latin encyclopaedia; the English word is an etymologically restored spelling variant of earlier encyclopedia, q.v.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).