sweetmeat
/ˈswiːtmiːt/noun
sweetmeat is spelled S-W-E-E-T-M-E-A-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sweetmeat means “A sweet delicacy; a confection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sweetmeat is sweetmeats.
How many letters and syllables are in sweetmeat?
| Letters | 9: S-W-E-E-T-M-E-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th 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 sweetmeat?
Sweetmeat appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 sweetmeat?
- /ˈswiːtmiːt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sweetmeat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sweetmeat
- sweetmeats plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sweetmeat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sweet delicacy; a confection.
- 2
informalSweetheart; darling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sweetmeat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sweet delicacy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | friandise |
| German | Süßigkeiten, Süßwaren, Süßspeisen |
| Portuguese | guloseima |
| Spanish | golosina, dulce |
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 sweetmeat come from?
From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).