chaplet
/ˈt͡ʃæplət/noun
chaplet is spelled C-H-A-P-L-E-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chaplet means “A garland or circlet for the head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chaplet is chaplets.
How many letters and syllables are in chaplet?
| Letters | 7: C-H-A-P-L-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 chaplet?
Chaplet appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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 chaplet?
- US /ˈt͡ʃæplət/
- US /ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-chaplet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chaplet
- chaplets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chaplet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A garland or circlet for the head.
- 2
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
- 3
archaicA string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
- 4
A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Mary consists of seven sets of Hail Marys.
- 5
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death.
- 6
A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
- 7
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
- 8
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
- 9
A small chapel or shrine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chaplet 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 chaplet come from?
From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).