logos
/ˈloʊɡoʊs/noun
logos is spelled L-O-G-O-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, logos means “A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument as the main form of persuasion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of logos is logoi.
How many letters and syllables are in logos?
| Letters | 5: L-O-G-O-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th 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 logos?
Logos appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 logos?
- UK /ˈlɒɡɒs/
- US /ˈloʊɡoʊs/
- US /ˈloʊɡɑs/
Logos has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-logos.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of logos
- logoi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does logos mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument as the main form of persuasion.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Logos.
- 3
plural of logo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Logos in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense form of rhetoric in which the writer or speak uses logic:
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 logos come from?
From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).