aren't

/ɑɹ(ə)nt/verb

aren't is spelled A-R-E-N-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 112 times per million words in written English, the 951st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, aren't means “are not (negative auxiliary)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in aren't?

Letters	5: A-R-E-N-T
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	112 times per million words; the 951st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Sounds like	aunt

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 aren't?

Aren't appears 112 times per million words in written English, the 951st most frequent word form in the list.

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rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce aren't?

UK /ɑːnt/
US /ɑɹ(ə)nt/

Aren't has 2 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-aren't.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with aren't

Sounds like: aunt (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What does aren't mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

1
are not (negative auxiliary)
2
colloquialA contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?"

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does aren't come from?

From are + n’t.