syntagma
/sɪnˈtæɡmə/
"syntagma" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“syntagma” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-syntagma · syntagma · English
syntagma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | syntagma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪnˈtæɡmə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “syntagma” in English
Rare enough to double-check
syntagma is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪnˈtæɡmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for syntagma in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”). The correct English form is syntagma, spelled S-Y-N-T-A-G-M-A.
Definition
- 1A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
- 2An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.
- 3A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).
- 4An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits.
- 5A treatise or compendium.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how syntagma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The syntagma “the God of peace” (in Greek ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης) occurs in all undisputed Pauline letters.
To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots.
Etymology
From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”).
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.