grammatology
/ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/noun
grammatology is spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-T-O-L-O-G-Y: 12 letters and 5 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, grammatology means “The scientific study of writing systems or scripts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grammatology is grammatologies.
How many letters and syllables are in grammatology?
| Letters | 12: G-R-A-M-M-A-T-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (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 grammatology?
Grammatology 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 grammatology?
- UK /ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- US /ˌɡɹæ.məˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Grammatology has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-grammatology.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grammatology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grammatology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grammatology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
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 grammatology
- grammatologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grammatology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The scientific study of writing systems or scripts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grammatology come from?
From French grammatologie, attested in the 19th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).