hamlet
/ˈhæm.lət/noun
hamlet is spelled H-A-M-L-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hamlet means “A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hamlet is hamlets.
How many letters and syllables are in hamlet?
| Letters | 6: H-A-M-L-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 hamlet?
Hamlet appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 hamlet?
- UK /ˈhæm.lɪt/
- US /ˈhæm.lət/
Hamlet 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-hamlet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hamlet
- hamlets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hamlet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village.
- 2
UKA village that does not have its own church.
- 3
CanadaAn unincorporated community of whatever size, lacking its own municipal government, but with defined boundaries.
- 4
Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
noun
- 1
A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate hamlet?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of hamlet: hmlt..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hamlet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hameau |
| German | Weiler, Dorf, Kaff , Hamletbarsche |
| Portuguese | aldeia, lugarejo, aldeola, arraial, aldeota |
| Spanish | aldehuela, caserío, aldea, pueblito, villar |
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.