arachnid
/əˈɹæknɪd/noun
arachnid is spelled A-R-A-C-H-N-I-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arachnid means “Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arachnid is arachnids.
How many letters and syllables are in arachnid?
| Letters | 8: A-R-A-C-H-N-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th 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 arachnid?
Arachnid appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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 arachnid?
- US /əˈɹæknɪd/
Arachnid 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: En-us-arachnid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of arachnid
- arachnids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arachnid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arachnid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense eight-legged creature:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arachnide |
| German | Spinnentier, Arachnide |
| Portuguese | aracnídeo |
| Spanish | arácnido |
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 arachnid come from?
From international scientific vocabulary, from French arachnide (1809, Lamarck), from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) with the suffix -id. By surface analysis, arachn- + -id.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).