eden
/ˈiː.dən/noun
eden is spelled E-D-E-N: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eden means “Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eden is edens.
How many letters and syllables are in eden?
| Letters | 4: E-D-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 eden?
Eden appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 eden?
- US /ˈiː.dən/
Eden 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-Eden.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-eden.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with eden?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as eden from its last stressed vowel (/idən/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: need, deen, dene.
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 eden
- edens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eden mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareAlternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”).
noun
- 1
A paradise on Earth.
The first explorers saw America as an Eden.
- 2
A state of innocence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eden in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense paradise on Earth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Eden |
| Spanish | edén |
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.