charioteer
/ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/noun, verb
charioteer is spelled C-H-A-R-I-O-T-E-E-R: 10 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, charioteer means “A person who drives a chariot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of charioteer is charioteers.
How many letters and syllables are in charioteer?
| Letters | 10: C-H-A-R-I-O-T-E-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is charioteer?
Charioteer 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 charioteer?
- US /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/
Charioteer has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-charioteer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with charioteer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as charioteer from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of charioteer
- charioteers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- charioter
- charioteering participle, present
- charioteered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does charioteer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who drives a chariot.
verb
- 1
To drive a chariot.
- 2
To drive someone in a chariot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Charioteer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who drives a chariot:
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 charioteer come from?
Inherited from Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur (“charioteer”) and charretier (“coachman”). By surface analysis, chariot + -eer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).