systole
/ˈsɪstəli/noun
systole is spelled S-Y-S-T-O-L-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, systole means “The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of systole is systoles.
How many letters and syllables are in systole?
| Letters | 7: S-Y-S-T-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 systole?
Systole appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 systole?
- US /ˈsɪstəli/
- /ˈsəstəli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-systole.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with systole
Sounds like: sisterly (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of systole
- systoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does systole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
- 2
A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
- 3
The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
- 4
The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Systole in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense contraction of the heart:
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 systole come from?
Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).