scotopic
/skəˈtoʊ.pɪk/adjective
scotopic is spelled S-C-O-T-O-P-I-C: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scotopic means “Relating to or denoting vision in dim light, believed to involve chiefly the rods of the retina” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scotopic?
| Letters | 8: S-C-O-T-O-P-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 scotopic?
Scotopic appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th 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 scotopic?
- UK /skə(ʊ)ˈtɒp.ɪk/
- US /skəˈtoʊ.pɪk/
- US /skəˈtɑp.ɪk/
Scotopic has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scotopic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-scotopic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scotopic?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scotopic from its last stressed vowel (/oʊpɪk/):
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).
What does scotopic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to or denoting vision in dim light, believed to involve chiefly the rods of the retina.
scotopic vision
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scotopic come from?
From scotopia + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).