A numeronym is a number-based word.
Most commonly, a numeronym is a word where a number is used to form an abbreviation. Pronouncing the letters and numbers may sound similar to the full word: "K9" for "canine".
Alternatively, the letters between the first and last are replaced with a number representing the number of letters omitted, such as "i18n" for "internationalization". These word shortenings are sometimes called alphanumeric acronyms, alphanumeric abbreviations, or numerical contractions.
According to Tex Texin, the first numeronym of this kind was "S12n", the electronic mail account name given to Jan Scherpenhuizen by a system administrator because his surname was too long to be an account name.
A number may also denote how many times the character before or after it is repeated. This is typically used to represent a name or phrase in which several consecutive words start with the same letter, as in W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).
Examples
g11n – globalisation / globalization
a11y – accessibility
tr8n – translation
l10n – localisation / localization
i18n – internationalization
k8s – Kubernetes
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