pundit
/pɐɳ.ɖɪt̪/noun
pundit is spelled P-U-N-D-I-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pundit means “An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pundit is pundits.
How many letters and syllables are in pundit?
| Letters | 6: P-U-N-D-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 pundit?
Pundit appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 pundit?
- /pɐɳ.ɖɪt̪/
- /pɐ̃ɳ.ɖɪt̪/
- /pəɳ.ɖɪt̪/
Pundit 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-pundit.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-pundit.wav, En-au-pundit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pundit
- pundits plural
- pandit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pundit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
- 2
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.
- 3
A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pundit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Experte, Kommentator, Meinungsführer, Meinungsmacher, Kritiker , Pandit |
| Portuguese | autoridade, especialista, comentarista , pandita, pandito, pândita |
| Spanish | comentarista experto, comentarista, analista político, perito , pándit |
| French | pandit |
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 pundit come from?
Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).