knowledge
know·ledge/ˈnɑ.lɪdʒ/noun
knowledge is spelled K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E, 2 syllables: know·ledge. The wrong spelling people search most is knowlegde: about 70 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Knowledge is a noun meaning “The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc”. The plural of knowledge is knowledges.
How many letters and syllables are in knowledge?
| Letters | 9: K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: know·ledge |
| In writing | 91 times per million words; the 1,167th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, knowlegde, about 70 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell knowledge?
Knowledge is spelled K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is knowledge?
Knowledge appears 91 times per million words in written English, the 1,167th 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 knowledge?
- UK /ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/
- US /ˈnɑ.lɪdʒ/
- /ˈnoʊ.lɪdʒ/
Knowledge has 2 syllables, split know·ledge in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-knowledge.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with knowledge?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as knowledge from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlɪdʒ/):
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 knowledge
- knowledges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- knolege
- knowlage
- knowleche
- knowledg
- knowlege
- knowliche
- knowlych
- knowlech
- knaulege
- knaulage
- knawlage
- knoleche
- knoleige
- knowlache
- knolych
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knowledge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel.
- 2
Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- 3
Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions.
- 4
Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs, perchance?
- 5
Justified true belief
- 6
archaicSexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
- 7
obsoleteInformation or intelligence about something; notice.
- 8
The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo confess as true; to acknowledge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate knowledge?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of knowledge: KAP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Knowledge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | connaissance, science , connaissances |
| German | Wissen, Kenntnis |
| Portuguese | conhecimento , ciência |
| Spanish | conocimiento, conocencia, desperteza (desus.) , conocimientos |
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 knowledge come from?
From Middle English knowleche, knaweleche, cnawlece (“knowledge”), from knowen (“to know, recognise”) + -leche. Related to Middle English knowlechen (“to find out, acknowledge”). For more on the Middle English suffix -leche, compare freelage. Compare also Old English cnāwelǣċ, cnāwelǣċing (“acknowledging, acknowledgement”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).