rhyton
/ˈɹʌɪtɒn/noun
rhyton is spelled R-H-Y-T-O-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rhyton means “A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rhyton is rhytons or rhyta.
How many letters and syllables are in rhyton?
| Letters | 6: R-H-Y-T-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th 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; 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 rhyton?
Rhyton appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 rhyton?
- UK /ˈɹʌɪtɒn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with rhyton?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rhyton (/ʌɪtɒn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: thorny.
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 rhyton
- rhytons plural
- rhyta plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rhyton mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
- 2
A Thracian drinking horn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rhyton in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a drinking vessel:
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 rhyton come from?
Ancient Greek ῥυτόν (rhutón), ultimately from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).