synchronic
/sɪnˈkɹɑnɪk/adjective
synchronic is spelled S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-C: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, synchronic means “Occurring at a specific point in time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in synchronic?
| Letters | 10: S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 synchronic?
Synchronic appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 synchronic?
- UK /sɪnˈkɹɒnɪk/
- UK [sɪŋˈkɹɒnɪk]
- US /sɪnˈkɹɑnɪk/
Synchronic has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-synchronic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with synchronic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as synchronic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnɪk/):
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 synchronic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Occurring at a specific point in time.
- 2
Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Synchronic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | synchronique |
| German | synchron |
| Portuguese | síncrono |
| Spanish | síncrono |
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 synchronic come from?
By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ic; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).