electrician
/ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/noun
electrician is spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C-I-A-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, electrician means “A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of electrician is electricians.
How many letters and syllables are in electrician?
| Letters | 11: E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th 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 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 electrician?
Electrician appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 electrician?
- UK /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
- UK /ˌɛlɪkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
- UK /ˌiːlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
Electrician 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-electrician.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with electrician?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as electrician from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃn/, British pronunciation):
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 electrician
- electricians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does electrician mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.
- 2
archaicA scientist who studies electricity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Electrician in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tradesman who works with electrical equipment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | électricien, électricienne |
| German | Elektriker, Elektrikerin |
| Portuguese | eletricista |
| Spanish | electricista |
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 electrician come from?
From electric + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).