polyamorous
/ˌpɑliˈæmərəs/adjective
polyamorous is spelled P-O-L-Y-A-M-O-R-O-U-S. The wrong spelling people search most is polyamourous: about 170 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 28 of all searches for the word. Polyamorous is an adjective meaning “Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in…”.
How many letters and syllables are in polyamorous?
| Letters | 11: P-O-L-Y-A-M-O-R-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, polyamourous, about 170 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell polyamorous?
Polyamorous is spelled P-O-L-Y-A-M-O-R-O-U-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 28 of the searches for polyamorous in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is polyamorous?
Polyamorous appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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 polyamorous?
- US /ˌpɑliˈæmərəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-polyamorous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with polyamorous?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as polyamorous from its last stressed vowel (/æməɹəs/):
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).
What does polyamorous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory.
- 2
Open to having such relationships, regardless of one's experience or current practices.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polyamorous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having relationships with multiple partners:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polyamoureux |
| German | polyamor, polyamorös |
| Portuguese | poliamoroso |
| Spanish | poliamoroso |
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 polyamorous come from?
From a 1990 article by Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, A Bouquet of Lovers, formed poly- + amorous or polyamory + -ous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).