tenderloin
noun
tenderloin is spelled T-E-N-D-E-R-L-O-I-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tenderloin means “The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tenderloin is tenderloins.
How many letters and syllables are in tenderloin?
| Letters | 10: T-E-N-D-E-R-L-O-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th 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 tenderloin?
Tenderloin appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th 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 tenderloin?
- Australia
Tenderloin 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: En-au-tenderloin.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tenderloin
- tenderloins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tenderloin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
- 2
USdatedslangA district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tenderloin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tenderest part of a loin of meat:
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 tenderloin come from?
From tender + loin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).