symbology
[sɪmˈbɑləd͡ʒi]noun
symbology is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-O-G-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, symbology means “The study or use of symbols” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of symbology is symbologies.
How many letters and syllables are in symbology?
| Letters | 9: S-Y-M-B-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd 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 symbology?
Symbology appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 symbology?
- US [sɪmˈbɑləd͡ʒi]
- UK [sɪmˈbɒləd͡ʒi]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of symbology
- symbologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does symbology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study or use of symbols.
- 2
An encoding scheme, particularly for barcodes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Symbology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of symbols:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | symbologie |
| German | Symbologie |
| Spanish | simbología |
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 symbology come from?
From symbol + -ology, with haplology of -olol- to -ol-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).