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bloodsucker

/ˈblʌdˌsʌkɚ/noun

bloodsucker is spelled B-L-O-O-D-S-U-C-K-E-R: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bloodsucker means “An animal or insect that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a leech, mosquito etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bloodsucker is bloodsuckers.

How many letters and syllables are in bloodsucker?

Letters11: B-L-O-O-D-S-U-C-K-E-R
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 bloodsucker?

Bloodsucker appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 bloodsucker?

  • US /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɚ/

Bloodsucker 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)-Vealhurl-bloodsucker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of bloodsucker

  • bloodsuckers plural
  • blood-sucker
  • bloudsucker
  • bloud-sucker

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does bloodsucker mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An animal or insect that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a leech, mosquito etc.

  2. 2

    Someone who sheds blood; a bloodthirsty person; a violent criminal.

  3. 3

    derogatorySomeone who preys on others, or who attempts to take as much from others as possible; an extortioner; a leech.

  4. 4

    A supernatural being who feeds on (especially human) blood; a vampire.

  5. 5

    Any of various lizards of the family Agamidae, especially the changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor) of Asia, and the jacky dragon of Australia, Amphibolurus muricatus).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bloodsucker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchsuceur de sang, suceuse de sang (animal that drinks the blood of others), sangsue (one who attempts to take as much from others as…)
GermanBlutsauger, Blutsaugerin (animal that drinks the blood of others)
Portuguesesugador/chupador de sangue (animal that drinks the blood of others), chulo, chupista, parasita, sanguessuga (one who attempts to take as much from others as…)
Spanishsanguijuela (animal that drinks the blood of others), chupasangre, chupóptero (one who attempts to take as much from others as…)

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 bloodsucker come from?

From blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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