iota

Other forms of iota

plural

iotas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about iota

What does iota mean?

iota means "a tiny or scarcely detectable amount". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in iota?

iota has 3 syllables: i-o-ta. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌaɪˈoʊtə/.

What is another word for iota?

Close synonyms include shred, scintilla, whit, tittle, smidgen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is iota a common word?

iota is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.