supercontinuum
noun
supercontinuum is spelled S-U-P-E-R-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-U-M: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supercontinuum means “light having both high spatial coherence and broad spectral bandwidth; i.e. laser light that is not monochromatic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supercontinuum is supercontinua.
How many letters and syllables are in supercontinuum?
| Letters | 14: S-U-P-E-R-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th 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 supercontinuum?
Supercontinuum appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 supercontinuum?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-supercontinuum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of supercontinuum
- supercontinua plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supercontinuum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
light having both high spatial coherence and broad spectral bandwidth; i.e. laser light that is not monochromatic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does supercontinuum come from?
From super- + continuum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).