planet
/ˈplænət/noun
planet is spelled P-L-A-N-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, planet means “Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky–the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of planet is planets.
How many letters and syllables are in planet?
| Letters | 6: P-L-A-N-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 48 times per million words; the 2,113th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 planet?
Planet appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th 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 planet?
- UK /ˈplænɪt/
- US /ˈplænət/
- US [ˈpʰlɛən.ɪt]
Planet 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-us-planet.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-planet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with planet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as planet (/ænət/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: platen.
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 planet
- planets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does planet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky–the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
- 2
Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)
- 3
A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- 4
construed with the or this: The Earth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Planet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the nig:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | planète |
| German | Planet, Wandelstern, planed |
| Portuguese | planeta |
| Spanish | planeta |
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 planet come from?
From Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”) (itself an ellipsis of ἀστέρες πλανῆται (astéres planêtai, “wandering stars”)), from Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Latin pālor (“wander about, stray”), Old Norse flana (“to rush about”), and Norwegian flanta (“to wander about”). More at flaunt. So called because they have apparent motion, unlike the "fixed" stars.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).