logogram
/ˈlɔː.ɡəˌɡɹæm/noun
logogram is spelled L-O-G-O-G-R-A-M: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, logogram means “A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of logogram is logograms.
How many letters and syllables are in logogram?
| Letters | 8: L-O-G-O-G-R-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is logogram?
Logogram appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 logogram?
- UK /ˈlɒɡ.əˌɡɹæm/
- US /ˈlɔː.ɡəˌɡɹæm/
- /ˈlɑɡ.əˌɡɹæm/
Logogram 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-logogram.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of logogram
- logograms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does logogram mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.
Near-synonyms: (polysemic, sometimes synonymous) lexigram; lexigraph
- 2
A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Logogram in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense character or symbol that represents a word or phrase:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | logogramme |
| German | Logogramm |
| Spanish | logograma |
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 logogram come from?
From logo- + -gram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).