peanut
pea·nut/ˈpiˌnʌt/noun, verb
peanut is spelled P-E-A-N-U-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (pea·nut). It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Peanut, the name). As a noun, peanut means “A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peanut is peanuts.
How many letters and syllables are in peanut?
| Letters | 6: P-E-A-N-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pea·nut |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th 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 peanut?
Peanut appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Peanut, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce peanut?
- UK /ˈpiːnʌt/
- US /ˈpiˌnʌt/
Peanut has 2 syllables, split pea·nut in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-peanut.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of peanut
- peanuts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- peanutting participle, present
- peanutted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peanut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.
- 2
USSynonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
- 3
See peanuts (“very small amount”).
verb
- 1
To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Peanut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a legume resembling a nut:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arachide, cacahuète, pinotte |
| German | Erdnuss |
| Portuguese | amendoim, ginguba |
| Spanish | maní, cacahuate, cacahuete |
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 peanut come from?
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).