wapiti
/ˈwɑpɪti/noun
wapiti is spelled W-A-P-I-T-I: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wapiti means “The American elk (Cervus canadensis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wapiti is wapitis.
How many letters and syllables are in wapiti?
| Letters | 6: W-A-P-I-T-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th 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 wapiti?
Wapiti appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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 wapiti?
- US /ˈwɑpɪti/
Wapiti 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-wapiti.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wapiti
- wapitis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wapiti mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSThe American elk (Cervus canadensis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wapiti in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the American elk:
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 wapiti come from?
From Shawnee waapiti (“elk; white rump”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).