harmony
har·mon·y/ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/noun
harmony is spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables (har·mon·y). It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Harmony, the name). As a noun, harmony means “Agreement or accord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of harmony is harmonies.
How many letters and syllables are in harmony?
| Letters | 7: H-A-R-M-O-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: har·mon·y |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th 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 harmony?
Harmony appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Harmony, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce harmony?
- UK /ˈhɑːmə.ni/
- US /ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/
- Australia /ˈhɐːmə.ni/
Harmony has 3 syllables, split har·mon·y in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-harmony.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with harmony?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as harmony from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹməni/):
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 harmony
- harmonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does harmony mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Agreement or accord.
December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", in Newsweek America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead.
- 2
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
- 3
The academic study of chords.
- 4
Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
- 5
The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
- 6
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
a harmony of the Gospels
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Harmony in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | harmonie |
| German | Harmonie, Einklang , Wohlklang , Harmonielehre |
| Portuguese | harmonia , acorde |
| Spanish | armonía, harmonía |
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 harmony come from?
From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie, armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “to fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). First attested in 1602. Doublet of harmonia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).