appetite
ap·pe·tite/ˈæp.əˌtaɪt/noun
appetite is spelled A-P-P-E-T-I-T-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (ap·pe·tite). It appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, appetite means “A desire to eat food or consume drinks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of appetite is appetites.
How many letters and syllables are in appetite?
| Letters | 8: A-P-P-E-T-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ap·pe·tite |
| In writing | 7.4 times per million words; the 8,669th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is appetite?
Appetite appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th 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 appetite?
- UK /ˈæp.ɪ.taɪt/
- US /ˈæp.əˌtaɪt/
Appetite has 3 syllables, split ap·pe·tite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-appetite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with appetite
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: apatite (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with appetite?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as appetite from its last stressed vowel (/æpətaɪt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of appetite
- appetites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does appetite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
- 2
Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
- 3
The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
appetite for reading
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Appetite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | appétit |
| German | Appetit , Begierde, Lust |
| Portuguese | apetite |
| Spanish | apetito, deseo, ganas |
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 appetite come from?
From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).