topology
/təˈpɑləd͡ʒi/noun
topology is spelled T-O-P-O-L-O-G-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, topology means “The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of topology is topologies.
How many letters and syllables are in topology?
| Letters | 8: T-O-P-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd 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 topology?
Topology appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 topology?
- UK /təˈpɒləd͡ʒi/
- US /təˈpɑləd͡ʒi/
Topology has 4 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)-Vininn126-topology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with topology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as topology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
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).
Forms of topology
- topologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does topology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing).
- 2
Any collection τ of subsets of a given set X that contains both the empty set and X, and which is closed under finitary intersections and arbitrary unions.
A set X equipped with a topology #92;tau is called a topological space and denoted (X,#92;tau).
- 3
The anatomical structure of part of the body.
- 4
The arrangement of nodes in a communications network.
- 5
The properties of a particular technological embodiment that are not affected by differences in the physical layout or form of its application.
- 6
The topographical study of geographic locations or given places in relation to their history.
- 7
datedThe art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Topology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of geometric properties that are not changed by stretching etc:
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 topology come from?
From Late Latin topologia, from By surface analysis, topo- (“place”) + -logy (“study of, a branch of knowledge”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).