hentai
/ˈhɛntaɪ/noun
hentai is spelled H-E-N-T-A-I: 6 letters. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hentai means “A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hentai is hentais.
How many letters and syllables are in hentai?
| Letters | 6: H-E-N-T-A-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th 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 hentai?
Hentai appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 hentai?
- /ˈhɛntaɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hentai.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hentai
- hentais plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hentai mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hentai in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense work of sexual art:
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 hentai come from?
Pseudo-Japonism, derived from 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変(へん)態(たい)性(せい)欲(よく)者(しゃ) (hentai seiyoku-sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).