seraglio
/səˈɹæljoʊ/noun
seraglio is spelled S-E-R-A-G-L-I-O: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seraglio means “A palace of a sultan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seraglio is seraglios.
How many letters and syllables are in seraglio?
| Letters | 8: S-E-R-A-G-L-I-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th 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; 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 seraglio?
Seraglio appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 seraglio?
- US /səˈɹæljoʊ/
- US /səˈɹæɡliːoʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-seraglio.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with seraglio?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as seraglio (/æljoʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: girasole.
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 seraglio
- seraglios plural
- serraglio
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seraglio mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A palace of a sultan.
- 2
The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
- 3
A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
- 4
The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
- 5
A brothel or place of debauchery.
- 6
An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seraglio in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense palace:
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 seraglio come from?
From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“lock up, close”), from sera (“lock, bolt”). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish saray (“palace”). Compare serai, serail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).