boredom
/ˈbɔɹ.dəm/noun
boredom is spelled B-O-R-E-D-O-M: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boredom means “The state of being bored” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boredom is boredoms.
How many letters and syllables are in boredom?
| Letters | 7: B-O-R-E-D-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boredom?
Boredom appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 boredom?
- UK /ˈbɔː.dəm/
- US /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/
Boredom 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boredom.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boredom?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as boredom (/ɔɹdəm/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bedroom.
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 boredom
- boredoms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boredom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being bored.
- 2
An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.
See more citations at boredoms.
- 3
obsoleterareThe state of being a bore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boredom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being bored:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ennui |
| German | Langeweile |
| Portuguese | aborrecimento, tédio, enfado, fastio |
| Spanish | aburrimiento, tedio, hastío, muermo, embole |
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 boredom come from?
From bore + -dom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).