rapunzel
noun
rapunzel is a noun meaning “A plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-P-U-N-Z-E-L and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rapunzel mean?
noun
- 1
A plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus.
- 2
A plant with leaves which are used in salads, corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rapunzel?
- US
Rapunzel 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-rapunzel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is rapunzel?
Rapunzel appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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).
Where does rapunzel come from?
Borrowed from German Rapunzel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).