adulteress
noun
adulteress is spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-R-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, adulteress means “A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of adulteress is adulteresses.
How many letters and syllables are in adulteress?
| Letters | 10: A-D-U-L-T-E-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd 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 adulteress?
Adulteress appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd 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 adulteress?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-adulteress.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of adulteress
- adulteresses plural
- adultress
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adulteress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adulteress in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense woman or girl who commits adultery:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | adultère |
| German | Ehebrecherin |
| Portuguese | adúltera |
| Spanish | adúltera |
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 adulteress come from?
From adulter (noun) + -ess. In later use typically apprehended as the female equivalent corresponding to adulterer instead.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).