anesthesiologist
noun
anesthesiologist is spelled A-N-E-S-T-H-E-S-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T: 16 letters and 7 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anesthesiologist means “A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anesthesiologist is anesthesiologists.
How many letters and syllables are in anesthesiologist?
| Letters | 16: A-N-E-S-T-H-E-S-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th 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 anesthesiologist?
Anesthesiologist appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 anesthesiologist?
- US
Anesthesiologist has 7 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)-Sapaa-anesthesiologist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anesthesiologist
- anesthesiologists plural
- anaesthesiologist UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anesthesiologist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anesthesiologist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense physician specializing in anesthesiology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anesthésiste, anesthésiologue |
| German | Anästhesiologe, Anästhesiologin, Facharzt für Anästhesiologie, Fachärztin für Anästhesiologie, Narkosefacharzt, Narkosefachärztin |
| Portuguese | anestesista |
| Spanish | anestesiólogo, anestesióloga |
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 anesthesiologist come from?
From anesthesiology + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).