event
/ɪˈvɛnt/noun
event is spelled E-V-E-N-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 151 times per million words in written English, the 679th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, event means “An occurrence; something that happens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of event is events.
How many letters and syllables are in event?
| Letters | 5: E-V-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 151 times per million words; the 679th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 event?
Event appears 151 times per million words in written English, the 679th 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 event?
- UK /ɪˈvɛnt/
- US /ɪˈvɛnt/
- US /i-/
Event 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: En-us-event.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with event?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as event from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnt/):
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 event
- events plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- eventing participle, present
- evented participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does event mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An occurrence; something that happens.
In the event of strong wind…
- 2
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
I went to an event in San Francisco last week.
- 3
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
- 4
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event.
- 5
datedA remarkable person.
- 6
A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
- 7
A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
- 8
A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
If X is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: X=1, X=2, X>5,X̸=4, and X isin 1,3,5.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo occur, take place.
- 2
obsoleteTo be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
- 3
obsoleteTo expose to the air, ventilate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Event in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | événement, évènement |
| German | Ereignis, Geschehnis, Vorgang , Veranstaltung |
| Portuguese | evento , acidente |
| Spanish | evento, suceso, acontecimiento, efeméride, efemérides |
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 event come from?
From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).