tzolkin
noun
tzolkin is spelled T-Z-O-L-K-I-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tzolkin means “The Mayan calendar consisting of 260 days” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tzolkin is tzolkins.
How many letters and syllables are in tzolkin?
| Letters | 7: T-Z-O-L-K-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th 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 tzolkin?
Tzolkin appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).
Forms of tzolkin
- tzolkins plural
- tzolk'in
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tzolkin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The Mayan calendar consisting of 260 days.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tzolkin come from?
A neoterm coined by Western scholars from the Yucatec Maya words tzol (“count”) and k'in (“day”); it is unknown what the classical-era Maya natively called their calendar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).