arcanum
/ɑɹˈkeɪnəm/noun
arcanum is spelled A-R-C-A-N-U-M: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arcanum means “A mystery or deep secret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arcanum is arcana or arcanums.
How many letters and syllables are in arcanum?
| Letters | 7: A-R-C-A-N-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st 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 arcanum?
Arcanum appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st 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 arcanum?
- /ɑɹˈkeɪnəm/
- /ɑɹˈkɑːnəm/
Arcanum 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)-NaomiAmethyst-arcanum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of arcanum
- arcana plural
- arcanums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arcanum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mystery or deep secret.
- 2
An elixir or secret remedy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arcanum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 arcanum come from?
Borrowed from Latin arcānum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).