python
/ˈpaɪˌθɑn/noun
python is spelled P-Y-T-H-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, python means “Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of python is pythons.
How many letters and syllables are in python?
| Letters | 6: P-Y-T-H-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is python?
Python appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th 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 python?
- UK /ˈpaɪθən/
- US /ˈpaɪˌθɑn/
Python has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Python.wav, Python_-_Irish_Pronounciation.ogg, En-au-python.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with python?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as python (/aɪθɑn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: typhon, phyton.
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 python
- pythons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does python mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
- 2
slangvulgarA penis.
noun
- 1
informalAny member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.
John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Python in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense constricting snake:
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 python come from?
From Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).