businessperson
noun
businessperson is spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-P-E-R-S-O-N: 14 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, businessperson means “A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of businessperson is businesspersons or businesspeople.
How many letters and syllables are in businessperson?
| Letters | 14: B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S-P-E-R-S-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st 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 businessperson?
Businessperson appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st 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 businessperson?
- US
Businessperson has 4 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)-Wodencafe-businessperson.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of businessperson
- businesspersons plural
- businesspeople plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does businessperson mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Businessperson in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person in business:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | homme d'affaires, femme d'affaires, personne d'affaires |
| German | Unternehmer, Unternehmerin, Geschäftsmann, Geschäftsfrau |
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 businessperson come from?
From business + person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).