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candlelit

/ˈkæn.dl̩ˌlɪt/adjective

candlelit is spelled C-A-N-D-L-E-L-I-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, candlelit means “Lit by a candle or candles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in candlelit?

Letters9: C-A-N-D-L-E-L-I-T
In writingabout once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is candlelit?

Candlelit appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd 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 candlelit?

  • /ˈkæn.dl̩ˌlɪt/

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

What does candlelit mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Lit by a candle or candles.

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

Where does candlelit come from?

From candle + lit.

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

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