snippet
/ˈsnɪpɪt/noun, verb
snippet is spelled S-N-I-P-P-E-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snippet means “A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snippet is snippets.
How many letters and syllables are in snippet?
| Letters | 7: S-N-I-P-P-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th 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 snippet?
Snippet appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 snippet?
- UK /ˈsnɪpɪt/
- US /ˈsnɪpɪt/
- US [ˈsnɪpɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
Snippet 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-snippet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of snippet
- snippets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- snippeting participle, present
- snippeted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snippet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.
- 2
A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
verb
- 1
To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.
- 2
To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snippet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fragment , snippet, entrefilet |
| German | Stück, Teil, Schnipsel |
| Portuguese | pedacinho, fragmento |
| Spanish | pedazo, retazo, trozo, fragmento, recorte , snippet (snípet) |
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 snippet come from?
From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).