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singlet

/ˈsɪŋɡlɪt/noun

singlet is spelled S-I-N-G-L-E-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, singlet means “A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of singlet is singlets.

How many letters and syllables are in singlet?

Letters7: S-I-N-G-L-E-T
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 singlet?

Singlet appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 singlet?

  • /ˈsɪŋɡlɪt/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-singlet.wav, En-au-singlet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with singlet?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as singlet.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: glisten.

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 singlet

  • singlets plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does singlet mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak.

  2. 2

    A quantum state having zero spin.

  3. 3

    A person who does not have a form of multiplicity; a single self or personality occupying one human body.

  4. 4

    AustraliaIrelandUKA sleeveless buttonless shirt with a low-cut neck.

  5. 5

    A one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon, required in wrestling and powerlifting.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Singlet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmarcel, maillot de corps, débardeur (vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck…)
GermanUnterhemd, Trägerhemd (vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck…), Einteiler (wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform…)
Portugueseregata (vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck…), malha (wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform…), singleto (quantum mechanics: quantum state having zero…)
Spanishmusculosa, camiseta interior, bividí, bivirí (vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck…)

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 singlet come from?

From single + -let.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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