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monogram

mo·no·gram/ˈmɑ.nəˌɡɹæm/noun, verb

monogram is spelled M-O-N-O-G-R-A-M: 8 letters and 3 syllables (mo·no·gram). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, monogram means “A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of monogram is monograms.

How many letters and syllables are in monogram?

Letters8: M-O-N-O-G-R-A-M
Syllables3: mo·no·gram
In writing1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is monogram?

Monogram appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 monogram?

  • UK /ˈmɒ.nəˌɡɹæm/
  • US /ˈmɑ.nəˌɡɹæm/

Monogram has 3 syllables, split mo·no·gram in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-monogram.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-monogram.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with monogram?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as monogram from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnəɡɹæm/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: nomogram.

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 monogram

  • monograms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • monogramme
  • monogramming participle, present
  • monograming participle, present, rare
  • monogrammed participle, past
  • monogramed participle, past, rare

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

What does monogram mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

  2. 2

    the unbroken line ⚊ for Heaven;

  3. 3

    the once-broken line ⚋ for Earth;

  4. 4

    the twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination).

  5. 5

    obsoleteA picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

  6. 6

    obsoleterareA sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

verb

  1. 1

    To mark something with a monogram.

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

Monogram in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmonogramme (a design composed of one or more letters used…), monogrammer ((transitive) to mark something with a monogram)
GermanMonogramm (a design composed of one or more letters used…), monogrammieren ((transitive) to mark something with a monogram)
Portuguesesigla, monograma (a design composed of one or more letters used…)
Spanishmonograma (a design composed of one or more letters used…)

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 monogram come from?

The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Byzantine Greek μονόγραμμον (monógrammon); compare the French and Middle French monogramme, as well as the Italian monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.

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

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