scallion
[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]noun
scallion is spelled S-C-A-L-L-I-O-N: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scallion means “A spring onion, Allium fistulosum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scallion is scallions.
How many letters and syllables are in scallion?
| Letters | 8: S-C-A-L-L-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th 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 scallion?
Scallion appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 scallion?
- [ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]
- [ˈskæ.ljn̩]
Scallion 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: En-us-scallion.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scallion
- scallions plural
- scullion
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scallion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandUSA spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
- 2
IrelandUSAny of various similar members of the genus Allium.
- 3
Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
- 4
ScotlandUSA leek.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scallion come from?
From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).