syzygy
/ˈsɪz.ɪ.d͡ʒi/noun
syzygy is spelled S-Y-Z-Y-G-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, syzygy means “An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of syzygy is syzygies.
How many letters and syllables are in syzygy?
| Letters | 6: S-Y-Z-Y-G-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th 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 syzygy?
Syzygy appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 syzygy?
- /ˈsɪz.ɪ.d͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-syzygy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of syzygy
- syzygies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does syzygy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse.
- 2
An archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, symbolizing the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds.
- 3
A relation between generators of a module.
- 4
The fusion of some or all of the organs.
- 5
The association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material.
- 6
The pairing of chromosomes in meiosis.
- 7
Complementary female–male pairings of the emanations known as Aeons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Syzygy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense astronomical conjunction:
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 syzygy come from?
From Late Latin sȳzygia (“a conjunction”), from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía, “a union, a yoke, a pair”). This word was recognized as English in 1847 (in its astronomical meaning).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).