kingdom
king·dom/ˈkɪŋdəm/noun
kingdom is spelled K-I-N-G-D-O-M: 7 letters and 2 syllables (king·dom). It appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kingdom means “A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kingdom is kingdoms.
How many letters and syllables are in kingdom?
| Letters | 7: K-I-N-G-D-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: king·dom |
| In writing | 42 times per million words; the 2,392nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is kingdom?
Kingdom appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd 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 kingdom?
- US /ˈkɪŋdəm/
- /ˈkəŋdəm/
- /ˈkɪŋɡdəm/
Kingdom has 2 syllables, split king·dom in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-kingdom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kingdom
- kingdoms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kingdom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- 2
A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
the kingdom of thought
- 3
A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate kingdom?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of kingdom: kdm..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kingdom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.