doomsayer
/ˈdumˌseɪ.ɚ/noun
doomsayer is spelled D-O-O-M-S-A-Y-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doomsayer means “One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doomsayer is doomsayers.
How many letters and syllables are in doomsayer?
| Letters | 9: D-O-O-M-S-A-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th 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 doomsayer?
Doomsayer appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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 doomsayer?
- UK /ˈduːmˌseɪ.ə/
- US /ˈdumˌseɪ.ɚ/
Doomsayer 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: En-us-doomsayer.ogg, En-au-doomsayer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doomsayer
- doomsayers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doomsayer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doomsayer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who predicts doom:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | apocalyptique, catastrophiste |
| German | Apokalyptiker, Untergangsprophet |
| Spanish | agorero, catastrofista |
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 doomsayer come from?
From doom + sayer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).