anabaptist
/ænəˈbæptɪst/noun
anabaptist is spelled A-N-A-B-A-P-T-I-S-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anabaptist means “Alternative form of Anabaptist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anabaptist is anabaptists.
How many letters and syllables are in anabaptist?
| Letters | 10: A-N-A-B-A-P-T-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is anabaptist?
Anabaptist appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 anabaptist?
- /ænəˈbæptɪst/
Anabaptist has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Anabaptist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anabaptist
- anabaptists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anabaptist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Anabaptist.
noun
- 1
A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.
- 2
A member of any of several present-day churches descended from that origin.
adjective
- 1
Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation.
- 2
Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anabaptist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anabaptiste |
| German | Wiedertäufer, Wiedertäuferin, Anabaptist, Anabaptistin , Täufer, Täuferin |
| Portuguese | anabatista |
| Spanish | anabaptista |
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 anabaptist come from?
From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”), equivalent to ana- + Baptist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).