prenatal
adjective, noun
prenatal is spelled P-R-E-N-A-T-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, prenatal means “Being or happening before birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in prenatal?
| Letters | 8: P-R-E-N-A-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th 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 prenatal?
Prenatal appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 prenatal?
- US
Prenatal has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-prenatal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with prenatal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as prenatal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: parental, paternal.
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 prenatal
- prenatals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prenatal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Being or happening before birth.
Holonym: perinatal
noun
- 1
A person who is expecting to give birth.
- 2
A dietary supplement to be taken by somebody expecting to give birth.
She was recommended a course of zinc prenatals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prenatal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense being or happening before birth:
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 prenatal come from?
From pre- + natal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).