somnambulant
/sʌmnˈæmbjᵿlənt/adjective, noun
somnambulant is spelled S-O-M-N-A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, somnambulant means “Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in somnambulant?
| Letters | 12: S-O-M-N-A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th 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 somnambulant?
Somnambulant appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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 somnambulant?
- /sʌmnˈæmbjᵿlənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-somnambulant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of somnambulant
- somnambulent
- somnambulants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does somnambulant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking.
noun
- 1
A sleepwalker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Somnambulant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense walking asleep:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | sonâmbulo, sonâmbula |
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 somnambulant come from?
From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”) + -ant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).