Gideon
/ˈɡɪd.i.ən/noun
Gideon is spelled G-I-D-E-O-N: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Gideon means “A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Gideon is Gideons.
How many letters and syllables are in Gideon?
| Letters | 6: G-I-D-E-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 Gideon?
Gideon appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 Gideon?
- US /ˈɡɪd.i.ən/
Gideon has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Gideon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Gideon?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Gideon from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdiən/):
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 Gideon
- Gideons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Gideon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Gideon come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (gid'ón, “Gideon”) ("feller", "hewer", "mighty warrior").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).