balloonist
noun
balloonist is spelled B-A-L-L-O-O-N-I-S-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, balloonist means “A person who flies in balloons, especially in hot-air balloons” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of balloonist is balloonists.
How many letters and syllables are in balloonist?
| Letters | 10: B-A-L-L-O-O-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th 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 balloonist?
Balloonist appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 balloonist?
- US
Balloonist 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)-EnthusiasticLlama-balloonist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of balloonist
- balloonists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does balloonist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who flies in balloons, especially in hot-air balloons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Balloonist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person who flies in a (hot-air) balloon, balloons:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ballonniste |
| German | Ballonfahrer, Ballonfahrerin, Ballonflieger, Ballonfliegerin |
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 balloonist come from?
From balloon + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).