skyrmion
noun
skyrmion is spelled S-K-Y-R-M-I-O-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skyrmion means “Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skyrmion is skyrmions.
How many letters and syllables are in skyrmion?
| Letters | 8: S-K-Y-R-M-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is skyrmion?
Skyrmion appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
Forms of skyrmion
- skyrmions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skyrmion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
- 2
A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skyrmion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of topological soliton:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | skyrmion |
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 skyrmion come from?
Blend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed the mathematical structure as a model of the nucleon in 1961.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).