saurian
/ˈsɔɹiən/noun, adjective
saurian is spelled S-A-U-R-I-A-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saurian means “A reptile of the suborder Sauria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saurian is saurians.
How many letters and syllables are in saurian?
| Letters | 7: S-A-U-R-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd 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 saurian?
Saurian appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 saurian?
- UK /ˈsɔːɹiən/
- US /ˈsɔɹiən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-saurian.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with saurian?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as saurian from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹiən/):
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 saurian
- saurians plural
- more saurian comparative
- most saurian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saurian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A reptile of the suborder Sauria.
- 2
Any large reptilian animal, including crocodiles and reptilian aliens.
Good evening, fellow saurians, and welcome once again to the Tri-Sports Arena! I'm your host, Raz Charkov...
- 3
A lizardlike person.
adjective
- 1
Of or related to the members of the suborder Sauria.
- 2
Synonym of lizardlike or reptilian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Saurian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reptile of the suborder Sauria:
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 saurian come from?
From Sauria (suborder of lizards) + -an (suffix forming adjectives), under influence from earlier French saurien.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).