balladeer
noun, verb
balladeer is spelled B-A-L-L-A-D-E-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, balladeer means “A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of balladeer is balladeers.
How many letters and syllables are in balladeer?
| Letters | 9: B-A-L-L-A-D-E-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is balladeer?
Balladeer appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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 balladeer?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-balladeer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of balladeer
- balladeers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- balladeering participle, present
- balladeered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does balladeer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
verb
- 1
To sing a ballad
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Balladeer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A singer of ballads:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | baladeiro |
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 balladeer come from?
From ballad + -eer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).