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subtitle

/ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/noun, verb

subtitle is spelled S-U-B-T-I-T-L-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, subtitle means “A heading below or after a title” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of subtitle is subtitles.

How many letters and syllables are in subtitle?

Letters8: S-U-B-T-I-T-L-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 subtitle?

Subtitle appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 subtitle?

  • /ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/

Subtitle has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-subtitle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of subtitle

  • subtitles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • subtitling participle, present
  • subtitled participle, past

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

What does subtitle mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A heading below or after a title.

  2. 2

    Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

verb

  1. 1

    To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

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

How do you abbreviate subtitle?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of subtitle: sub.

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

Subtitle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchsous-titre (heading below a title), sous-titrer (to create subtitles)
GermanUntertitel (heading below a title), untertiteln (to create subtitles)
Portuguesesubtítulo (heading below a title), legendar (to create subtitles), legenda (textual versions of the dialog in films)
Spanishsubtítulo, título seccional / menor (heading below a title), subtitular (to create subtitles), subtítulos (textual versions of the dialog in films)

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 subtitle come from?

From sub- + title.

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

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