ancestress
/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/noun
ancestress is spelled A-N-C-E-S-T-R-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ancestress means “A female ancestor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ancestress is ancestresses.
How many letters and syllables are in ancestress?
| Letters | 10: A-N-C-E-S-T-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 ancestress?
Ancestress appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 ancestress?
- /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/
- /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ancestress
- ancestresses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ancestress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedA female ancestor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ancestress in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female ancestor:
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 ancestress come from?
From ancestor + -ess.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).