annulment
/əˈnʌl.mənt/noun
annulment is spelled A-N-N-U-L-M-E-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, annulment means “An act or instance of annulling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of annulment is annulments.
How many letters and syllables are in annulment?
| Letters | 9: A-N-N-U-L-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th 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 annulment?
Annulment appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th 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 annulment?
- /əˈnʌl.mənt/
Annulment has 3 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-annulment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of annulment
- annulments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does annulment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act or instance of annulling.
marriage annulment
- 2
The state of having been annulled.
- 3
An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
- 4
A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
- 5
archaicTotal destruction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Annulment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Annullierung , Nichtigerklärung |
| Portuguese | anulação , aniquilação |
| Spanish | anulación |
| French | annulation |
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 annulment come from?
Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).