gayageum
noun
gayageum is spelled G-A-Y-A-G-E-U-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gayageum means “A zither-like chordophone, most often with twelve strings, originating in the traditional music of Korea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gayageum is gayageums.
How many letters and syllables are in gayageum?
| Letters | 8: G-A-Y-A-G-E-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is gayageum?
Gayageum appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st 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).
Forms of gayageum
- gayageums plural
- kayagum
- kayagŭm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gayageum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A zither-like chordophone, most often with twelve strings, originating in the traditional music of Korea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gayageum come from?
Borrowed from the Revised Romanization of Korean 가야금(伽倻琴) (gayageum).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).