syllabary
/ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/
"syllabary" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“syllabary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
Corpus desk
Index EN-syllabary · syllabary · English
syllabary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | syllabary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “syllabary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
syllabary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for syllabary, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba. The correct English form is syllabary, spelled S-Y-L-L-A-B-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
- 2A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how syllabary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It shouldn't be hard to come up with a musical syllabary in which pitches code for vowels and timbres code for consonants.
Bamum is a syllabary developed between 1896 and 1910, used for writing the Bamum language in western Cameroon.
Etymology
From New Latin syllabārium, from syllaba.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.