santorum
san·to·rum/sænˈtɔɹəm/noun
santorum is spelled S-A-N-T-O-R-U-M: 8 letters and 3 syllables (san·to·rum). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, santorum means “A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in santorum?
| Letters | 8: S-A-N-T-O-R-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: san·to·rum |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is santorum?
Santorum appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd 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 santorum?
- UK /sanˈtɔːɹəm/
- US /sænˈtɔɹəm/
Santorum has 3 syllables, split san·to·rum in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-santorum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with santorum?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as santorum from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹəm/):
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).
What does santorum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.
- 2
derogatoryslangShit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does santorum come from?
From the surname of former US Senator Rick Santorum (born 1958). After Santorum made statements comparing homosexuality to bestiality and opining that mutually consenting adults do not have a constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts, US columnist Dan Savage gathered input from his readers and held a contest for definitions to "memorialize the scandal". Savage set up a website which defined the term, and helped to promote it. See Campaign for the neologism "santorum" for further information. Rick Santorum's surname, in turn, comes from Italian; see Santorum for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).