academician
/ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/noun
academician is spelled A-C-A-D-E-M-I-C-I-A-N: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, academician means “A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of academician is academicians.
How many letters and syllables are in academician?
| Letters | 11: A-C-A-D-E-M-I-C-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is academician?
Academician appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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 academician?
- UK /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
- UK /ˌa.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
- US /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
Academician has 5 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)-Vininn126-academician.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with academician?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as academician from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃn/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of academician
- academicians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does academician mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
- 2
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
noun
- 1
The title for someone who is an academician.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Academician in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | académicien, académicienne |
| German | Akademiker, Akademikerin , Student, Studentin |
| Portuguese | acadêmico |
| Spanish | academista |
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.