scholion
/ˈskəʊlɪɒn/noun
scholion is a noun meaning “A scholium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-H-O-L-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of scholion is scholia; Wiktionary also lists scholions (rare).
What does scholion mean?
noun
- 1
A scholium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce scholion?
- /ˈskəʊlɪɒn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of scholion
- scholia plural
- scholions plural, rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is scholion?
Scholion appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).
Words people confuse with scholion
Sounds like: scolion (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does scholion come from?
From New Latin scholion, from Ancient Greek σχόλῐον (skhólĭon, “interpretation, comment”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).