detectorist
noun
detectorist is spelled D-E-T-E-C-T-O-R-I-S-T: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, detectorist means “A person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of detectorist is detectorists.
How many letters and syllables are in detectorist?
| Letters | 11: D-E-T-E-C-T-O-R-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is detectorist?
Detectorist appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 detectorist?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-detectorist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of detectorist
- detectorists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does detectorist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does detectorist come from?
From detector + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).