pandemonium
/ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/noun
pandemonium is spelled P-A-N-D-E-M-O-N-I-U-M: 11 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pandemonium means “A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pandemonium is pandemoniums or pandemonia.
How many letters and syllables are in pandemonium?
| Letters | 11: P-A-N-D-E-M-O-N-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 pandemonium?
Pandemonium appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 pandemonium?
- UK /ˌpæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.əm/
- US /ˌpæn.dəˈmoʊ.ni.əm/
Pandemonium has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pandemonium.ogg, En-au-pandemonium.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pandemonium?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pandemonium from its last stressed vowel (/oʊniəm/):
- ammonium
- polonium
- harmonium
- pancuronium
- vecuronium
- hydronium
- neutronium
- rocuronium
- pandamonium
- tetraethylammonium
- onium
- suxamethonium
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 pandemonium
- pandemoniums plural
- pandemonia plural
- pandaemonium
- pandæmonium
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pandemonium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.
- 2
An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
- 3
A group of parrots
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pandemonium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chaos , charivari, tumulte, chahut, tohu-bohu |
| German | Tohuwabohu, Tumult, Anarchie, Hexensabbat , Aufruhr, Gewaltausbruch |
| Portuguese | pandemônio, pandemónio, caos , confusão, balbúrdia, tumulto |
| Spanish | pandemonio, pandemónium |
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 pandemonium come from?
Coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost as Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to pan-) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “deity”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).