betwixt
be·twixt/bəˈtwɪkst/obsolete
betwixt is spelled B-E-T-W-I-X-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (be·twixt). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a preposition, betwixt means “Between” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in betwixt?
| Letters | 7: B-E-T-W-I-X-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: be·twixt |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is betwixt?
Betwixt appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 betwixt?
- UK /bɪˈtwɪkst/
- US /bəˈtwɪkst/
Betwixt has 2 syllables, split be·twixt in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-betwixt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with betwixt?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as betwixt from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkst/):
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 betwixt
- betwix
- betwixte
- betwyxt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does betwixt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
preposition
- 1
archaicBetween.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Betwixt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense between:
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 betwixt come from?
From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).