prosody
/ˈpɹɒzədi/noun
prosody is spelled P-R-O-S-O-D-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prosody means “The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prosody is prosodies.
How many letters and syllables are in prosody?
| Letters | 7: P-R-O-S-O-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is prosody?
Prosody appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 prosody?
- UK /ˈpɹɒzədi/
- UK /ˈpɹɒsədi/
- UK /ˈpɹəʊzədi/
Prosody has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-prosody.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prosody
- prosodies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prosody mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
- 2
The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prosody in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.