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entitle

UK /ənˈtaɪ.təl/verb

entitle is spelled E-N-T-I-T-L-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, entitle means “To give a title to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in entitle?

Letters7: E-N-T-I-T-L-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is entitle?

Entitle appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 entitle?

  • Canada /ənˈtaɪtəl/
  • UK /ənˈtaɪ.təl/
  • UK /ɛnˈtaɪ.təl/

Entitle has 3 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-entitle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of entitle

  • entitles present, singular, he/she/it
  • entitling participle, present
  • entitled participle, past
  • entitule
  • intitle

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

What does entitle mean?

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

verb

  1. 1

    To give a title to.

    The deed entitled her to an undivided interest in the property.

  2. 2

    To dignify by an honorary designation.

  3. 3

    To give power or authority (to do something).

    A passport entitles the bearer to travel to other countries.

  4. 4

    To give rightful ownership.

  5. 5

    To give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

    His autobiography, entitled Life of a Driver, was a best-seller.

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

Entitle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanbetiteln, benennen (to give a title to), den Titel verleihen, die Würde verleihen (to dignify by an honorary designation), berechtigen, das Recht geben (to bestow the right to do something)
Spanishintitular, titular (to give a title to), dar derecho a, diñar fuero a (to bestow the right to do something)
Frenchintituler (to give a title to a book etc)
Portugueseintitular (to give a title to a book etc)

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 entitle come from?

From Anglo-Norman entitler, from Old French entiteler, (French intituler), from Late Latin intitulāre.

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

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