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occult

/əˈkʌlt/verb, adjective, noun

occult is spelled O-C-C-U-L-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, occult means “To cover or hide from view” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in occult?

Letters6: O-C-C-U-L-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 occult?

Occult appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 occult?

  • UK /ˈɒk.ʌlt/
  • UK /əˈkʌlt/
  • US /əˈkʌlt/

Occult 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-au-occult.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with occult?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as occult from its last stressed vowel (/ʌlt/):

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 occult

  • occults present, singular, he/she/it
  • occulting participle, present
  • occulted participle, past
  • more occult comparative
  • most occult superlative

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

What does occult mean?

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

verb

  1. 1

    To cover or hide from view.

    The Earth occults the Moon during a lunar eclipse.

  2. 2

    rareTo dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

adjective

  1. 1

    Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.

    occult blood loss; occult cancer

  2. 2

    not visible, but chemically detectable.

    occult blood in the urine

  3. 3

    Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.

  4. 4

    Esoteric.

noun

  1. 1

    Supernatural affairs.

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

Occult in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchocculter (to cover), occulte (related to the occult), occultisme (supernatural affairs)
Portugueseocultar (to cover), ocultismo (supernatural affairs), oculto, ocultado (secret; hidden from general knowledge…)
GermanOkkult, Okkultismus (supernatural affairs), okkult (secret; hidden from general knowledge…)
Spanishoculto, ocultismo (supernatural affairs)

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 occult come from?

Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”).

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

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