comedian
/kəˈmiː.di.ən/noun
comedian is spelled C-O-M-E-D-I-A-N: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, comedian means “An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of comedian is comedians.
How many letters and syllables are in comedian?
| Letters | 8: C-O-M-E-D-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is comedian?
Comedian appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 comedian?
- /kəˈmiː.di.ən/
Comedian 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)-Vealhurl-comedian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with comedian?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as comedian.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: demoniac, midocean.
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 comedian
- comedians plural
- comedienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does comedian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
- 2
Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.
- 3
datedA person who performs in theatrical plays.
- 4
obsoleteA writer of comedies.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Comedian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense entertainer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | humoriste, comique |
| German | Komiker, Komikerin, Humorist, Humoristin, Comedian |
| Portuguese | comediante, humorista |
| Spanish | humorista, comediante, cómico, standupero, cuentachistes |
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 comedian come from?
From French comédien, from comédie + -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). By surface analysis, comed(y) + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).