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prentice

obsolete

prentice is spelled P-R-E-N-T-I-C-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prentice means “An apprentice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prentice is prentices or 'prentices.

How many letters and syllables are in prentice?

Letters8: P-R-E-N-T-I-C-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is prentice?

Prentice appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 prentice?

    Prentice 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).

    Forms of prentice

    • prentices present, singular, he/she/it
    • prenticing participle, present
    • prenticed participle, past
    • 'prentices present, singular, he/she/it
    • 'prenticing participle, present
    • 'prenticed participle, past

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

    What does prentice mean?

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

    noun

    1. 1

      obsoleteAn apprentice.

    verb

    1. 1

      obsoleteTo apprentice.

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

    Where does prentice come from?

    An old (Middle English) apheretic form of apprentice.

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

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