saint
/seɪnt/noun, verb
saint is spelled S-A-I-N-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saint means “A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saint is saints.
How many letters and syllables are in saint?
| Letters | 5: S-A-I-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,558th 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 saint?
Saint appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th 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 saint?
- /seɪnt/
- /sən(t)/
- [sn̩(t)]
Saint has one syllable (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-saint.ogg, En-uk-saint-compound.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with saint?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as saint.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stain, satin, astin.
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 saint
- saints plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sainting participle, present
- sainted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saint mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
The Roman Catholic Church proclaimed Kateri Tekakwitha a saint in 2012.
- 2
One of the blessed in heaven.
- 3
A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
- 4
Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
- 5
A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
Dorothy Day was a living saint.
- 6
archaicA holy object.
verb
- 1
Synonym of canonize: to honor, formally name, or revere as a saint.
Many Catholics wished to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately after his death.
noun
- 1
A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
Saint Stephen was the first martyr.
- 2
A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.
the Kirtland Saints
- 3
Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan.
In 1971, during Archie Manning's first game as a New Orleans Saint and the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, […]
- 4
UKSaint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Saint in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | saint, sainte , Saint |
| German | Heiliger , Sankt |
| Portuguese | santo, santa , São, Santo, Santa |
| Spanish | santo, santa , San, Santa, Santo |
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 saint come from?
From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).