totient
/ˈtoʊʃənt/noun
totient is spelled T-O-T-I-E-N-T: 7 letters. As a noun, totient means “The number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of totient is totients.
How many letters and syllables are in totient?
| Letters | 7: T-O-T-I-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| 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 do you pronounce totient?
- /ˈtoʊʃənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of totient
- totients plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does totient mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does totient come from?
From Latin totiēns (“so many times, so often”). Coined by English mathematician James Joseph Sylvester in 1879.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).