sauna
/ˈsɔː.nə/noun, verb
sauna is spelled S-A-U-N-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sauna means “A room or a house designed for heat sessions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sauna is saunas.
How many letters and syllables are in sauna?
| Letters | 5: S-A-U-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sauna?
Sauna appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 sauna?
- /ˈsɔː.nə/
- /ˈsaʊ.nə/
- /ˈsɑː.nə/
Sauna 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-sauna.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sauna
- saunas plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- saunaing participle, present
- saunaed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sauna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
- 2
The act of using a sauna.
John had a sauna after his swim.
- 3
In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
- 4
informalA very hot place or room.
verb
- 1
To use a sauna.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sauna in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sauna , prendre un sauna |
| German | Sauna , saunieren , Saunieren |
| Portuguese | sauna , tomar banho de sauna , banho de sauna |
| Spanish | sauna , tomar un sauna, tomar una sauna |
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 sauna come from?
Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Possibly a doublet of stack.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).