hamartia
/ˌhæˌmɑɹˈtiː.ə/noun
hamartia is spelled H-A-M-A-R-T-I-A: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hamartia means “The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hamartia is hamartias.
How many letters and syllables are in hamartia?
| Letters | 8: H-A-M-A-R-T-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th 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 hamartia?
Hamartia appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 hamartia?
- UK /həˈmɑː.ti.ə/
- US /ˌhæˌmɑɹˈtiː.ə/
- US /ˌhɑːˌmɑɹˈtiː.ə/
Hamartia has 4 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)-Sumxr-hamartia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hamartia?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hamartia from its last stressed vowel (/iə/):
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 hamartia
- hamartias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hamartia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy.
Creon's main hamartia was his excessive pride.
- 2
Sin.
- 3
A focal malformation consisting of disorganized arrangement of tissue types.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hamartia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tragic flaw:
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 hamartia come from?
From Ancient Greek ἁμαρτία (hamartía, “tragic failure, sinful nature”), from the verb ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).