gammadion

noun

"gammadion" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gammadion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fylfot or swastika.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gammadion · gammadion · English

gammadion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for gammadion
PropertyValue
Headwordgammadion
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gammadion” in English

gammadionsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gammadion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fylfot or swastika.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gammadion, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ. The correct English form is gammadion, spelled G-A-M-M-A-D-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A fylfot or swastika.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gammadion"?
"gammadion" is spelled G-A-M-M-A-D-I-O-N.
What does "gammadion" mean?
As a noun, "gammadion" means: A fylfot or swastika.
What is the origin of the word "gammadion"?
Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek γαμμάδιον (gammádion), diminutive of γάμμα (gámma), after the resemblance of each of the symbol’s arms to the Greek letter gamma: Γ. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list