saturn
/ˈsæt.ɚn/noun
saturn is spelled S-A-T-U-R-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saturn means “The Southeast Asian butterfly Zeuxidia amethystus, family Nymphalidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saturn is saturns.
How many letters and syllables are in saturn?
| Letters | 6: S-A-T-U-R-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 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 saturn?
Saturn appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 saturn?
- US /ˈsæt.ɚn/
- UK /ˈsæt.ən/
Saturn 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). Recordings: En-us-Saturn.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with saturn?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as saturn from its last stressed vowel (/ætəɹn/):
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 saturn
- saturns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saturn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The Southeast Asian butterfly Zeuxidia amethystus, family Nymphalidae.
noun
- 1
rareSable (black), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures in the arms of certain sovereign people and places as planets.
- 2
obsoleteLead (the metal).
- 3
A car of the former Saturn brand by GM.
Remember that guy who worked in the warehouse who used to drive that blue Saturn? That guy was the best. I wonder where he is now?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does saturn come from?
From Saturn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).