gymnastics
/d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/noun
gymnastics is spelled G-Y-M-N-A-S-T-I-C-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gymnastics means “A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gymnastics?
| Letters | 10: G-Y-M-N-A-S-T-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th 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 gymnastics?
Gymnastics appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 gymnastics?
- US /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/
Gymnastics 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: En-us-gymnastics.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gymnastics?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gymnastics from its last stressed vowel (/æstɪks/):
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).
What does gymnastics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum.
- 2
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
His mental gymnastics are legendary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate gymnastics?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of gymnastics: gym.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gymnastics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a sport:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gymnastique |
| German | Turnen, Gymnastik |
| Portuguese | ginástica |
| Spanish | gimnasia, gimnástica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gymnastics come from?
From gymnastic: see -ics; from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός (gumnastikós), from γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “athlete, gymnast”), from γῠμνᾰ́ζω (gŭmnắzō, “to train, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).