canoeist
/kəˈnuːɪst/noun
canoeist is spelled C-A-N-O-E-I-S-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, canoeist means “A person who travels by canoe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of canoeist is canoeists.
How many letters and syllables are in canoeist?
| Letters | 8: C-A-N-O-E-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 canoeist?
Canoeist appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 canoeist?
- /kəˈnuːɪst/
Canoeist 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)-NaomiAmethyst-canoeist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of canoeist
- canoeists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does canoeist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who travels by canoe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Canoeist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who travels by canoe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | canoéiste |
| German | Kanufahrer, Kanute |
| Portuguese | canoísta |
| Spanish | piragüista |
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 canoeist come from?
From canoe + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).