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Swedenborgian

adjective, noun

Swedenborgian is spelled S-W-E-D-E-N-B-O-R-G-I-A-N: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Swedenborgian means “Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Swedenborgian?

Letters13: S-W-E-D-E-N-B-O-R-G-I-A-N
In writingabout once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 Swedenborgian?

Swedenborgian appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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).

Forms of Swedenborgian

  • more Swedenborgian comparative
  • most Swedenborgian superlative
  • Swedenborgians plural

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

What does Swedenborgian mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.

noun

  1. 1

    A religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg.

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

Swedenborgian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchswedenborgien, swédenborgien (of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg), swedenborgienne, swédenborgienne (a religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg)
Germanswedenborgianisch, schwedenborgianisch (of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg), Swedenborgianer, Swedenborgianerin, Schwedenborgianer, Schwedenborgianerin (a religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg)
Portugueseswedenborgiano, swedenborguiano (of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg)

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 Swedenborgian come from?

From Swedenborg + -ian.

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

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