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logotype

/ˈləʊ.ɡəʊˌtaɪp/noun

logotype is spelled L-O-G-O-T-Y-P-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, logotype means “A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of logotype is logotypes.

How many letters and syllables are in logotype?

Letters8: L-O-G-O-T-Y-P-E
In writingabout once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 logotype?

Logotype appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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 logotype?

  • /ˈləʊ.ɡəʊˌtaɪp/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-logotype.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of logotype

  • logotypes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does logotype mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.

  2. 2

    A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Logotype in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchlogotype, logo (symbol used by organization, logo), ligature (single type two letters, a ligature)
GermanLogotyp (symbol used by organization, logo), Ligatur (single type two letters, a ligature)
Portugueselogótipo, logotipo (symbol used by organization, logo), ligatura (single type two letters, a ligature)
Spanishlogotipo (symbol used by organization, logo)

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 logotype come from?

From logo- + type.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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