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orthodox

or·tho·dox/ˈɔɹθədɑks/adjective

orthodox is spelled O-R-T-H-O-D-O-X: 8 letters and 3 syllables (or·tho·dox). It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, orthodox means “Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in orthodox?

Letters8: O-R-T-H-O-D-O-X
Syllables3: or·tho·dox
In writing8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is orthodox?

Orthodox appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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 orthodox?

  • UK /ˈɔːθədɒks/
  • US /ˈɔɹθədɑks/

Orthodox has 3 syllables, split or·tho·dox in writing.

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

What rhymes with orthodox?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as orthodox from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹθədɑks/):

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 orthodox

  • more orthodox comparative
  • most orthodox superlative

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

What does orthodox mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.

  2. 2

    Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.

  3. 3

    Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.

  4. 4

    Of a branch of Judaism.

  5. 5

    Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.

adjective

as Orthodox
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Churches collectively.

  2. 2

    Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.

  3. 3

    Of or pertaining to Orthodox Judaism.

  4. 4

    Of or pertaining to the Orthodox Quakers, a group of Quakers (subdivided into the Wilburite, Gurneyite and Beaconite branches) who split with the Hicksite Quakers due to favoring adopting mainstream Protestant orthodoxy.

noun

as Orthodox
  1. 1

    An Orthodox Christian.

  2. 2

    rareAn Orthodox Jew.

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

How do you abbreviate orthodox?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of orthodox: orth..

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

Orthodox in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchorthodoxe (conforming to accepted, established, or…)
Germanorthodox, rechtgläubig (conforming to accepted, established, or…), traditionell, allgemein anerkannt, althergebracht (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional…)
Portugueseortodoxo (conforming to accepted, established, or…)
Spanishortodoxo (conforming to accepted, established, or…)

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 orthodox come from?

From Late Middle English orthodoxe, from Middle French orthodoxe and its etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”). Displaced native Old English wuldorlīċ.

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

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