sainted
adjective, verb
sainted is spelled S-A-I-N-T-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sainted means “Made a saint; saint-like, reverenced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sainted?
| Letters | 7: S-A-I-N-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th 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 sainted?
Sainted appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th 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 sainted?
Sainted 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).
What rhymes with sainted?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sainted.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: instead, stained.
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 sainted
- more sainted comparative
- most sainted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sainted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Made a saint; saint-like, reverenced.
Pope John Paul II, of sainted memory, is a candidate for beatification.
- 2
Used to mark a beloved person mentioned in conversation as being deceased.
My sainted mother never had an evening dress.
- 3
Pious, saintly.
- 4
Much admired.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of saint
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).