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peace·ful/ˈpiːsfl̩/adjective, noun

peaceful is spelled P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L: 8 letters and 2 syllables (peace·ful). It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, peaceful means “Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in peaceful?

Letters8: P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L
Syllables2: peace·ful
In writing19 times per million words; the 4,444th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 peaceful?

Peaceful appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th 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 peaceful?

  • /ˈpiːsfl̩/

Peaceful has 2 syllables, split peace·ful in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-peaceful.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of peaceful

  • more peaceful comparative
  • peacefuller comparative
  • peacefuler comparative
  • most peaceful superlative
  • peacefullest superlative
  • peacefulest superlative
  • peacefuls plural

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

What does peaceful mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.

    peaceful protest

  2. 2

    Inclined to peace.

  3. 3

    Motionless and calm.

noun

  1. 1

    A non-player character who is not hostile to the player.

    You can trade with some of the peacefuls in the town area.

  2. 2

    Indiaoffensivea Muslim; especially a violent member of a radical Islamist group.

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

Peaceful in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpaisible (not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil), pacifique (inclined to peace; peaceable), placide, calme (motionless and calm; placid)
Germanfriedlich (not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil), friedfertig (inclined to peace; peaceable)
Portuguesepacífico (not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil), calmo, tranquilo (motionless and calm; placid)

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 peaceful come from?

From Middle English peesful, pesful, paisful, pesefull. By surface analysis, peace + -ful. Displaced native Old English friþsum.

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

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