bachelor
bach·e·lor/ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/noun
bachelor is spelled B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (bach·e·lor). It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bachelor means “A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bachelor is bachelors.
How many letters and syllables are in bachelor?
| Letters | 8: B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: bach·e·lor |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is bachelor?
Bachelor appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 bachelor?
- UK /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/
- US /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/
Bachelor has 3 syllables, split bach·e·lor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-bachelor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bachelor
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: batchelor.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of bachelor
- bachelors plural
- bachelour
- batcheler
- batchelor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bachelor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
I shall die a bachelor.
- 2
CanadaA bachelor apartment.
- 3
A male animal without a mate during breeding season.
- 4
obsoleteAn unmarried woman.
- 5
The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
- 6
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
- 7
obsoleteA knight who had no standard of his own but fought under the standard of another in the field.
- 8
obsoleteAmong London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate bachelor?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of bachelor: B..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bachelor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | célibataire , licence, bachelor |
| German | Junggeselle , Bachelor |
| Portuguese | solteirão, solteiro , bacharelado , bacharel |
| Spanish | solterón , bachiller, título de grado, licenciatura , licenciado |
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 bachelor come from?
From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).