Shrovetide
noun
Shrovetide is spelled S-H-R-O-V-E-T-I-D-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Shrovetide means “The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Shrovetide is Shrovetides.
How many letters and syllables are in Shrovetide?
| Letters | 10: S-H-R-O-V-E-T-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Shrovetide?
Shrovetide appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 Shrovetide?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Shrovetide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Shrovetide
- Shrovetides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Shrovetide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shrovetide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense period of three days:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fastnachtszeit, Fastnacht, Fasching, Karneval |
| Portuguese | entrudo |
| Spanish | carnestolendas |
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 Shrovetide come from?
From shrove + -tide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).