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rebbetzin

/ˈɹɛbətsɪn/noun

rebbetzin is spelled R-E-B-B-E-T-Z-I-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rebbetzin means “The wife of a rabbi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rebbetzin is rebbetzins.

How many letters and syllables are in rebbetzin?

Letters9: R-E-B-B-E-T-Z-I-N
In writingabout once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is rebbetzin?

Rebbetzin appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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 rebbetzin?

  • /ˈɹɛbətsɪn/

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

Forms of rebbetzin

  • rebbetzins plural

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

What does rebbetzin mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    The wife of a rabbi.

  2. 2

    Mrs.

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

Where does rebbetzin come from?

Borrowed from Yiddish רביצין (rebetsin), from Hebrew רב (“master”) plus Slavic *-itsa (feminine suffix) plus Yiddish ־ין (-in, feminine suffix).

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

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