extortionist
noun
extortionist is spelled E-X-T-O-R-T-I-O-N-I-S-T: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, extortionist means “Someone who extorts; an extortioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of extortionist is extortionists.
How many letters and syllables are in extortionist?
| Letters | 12: E-X-T-O-R-T-I-O-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st 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 extortionist?
Extortionist appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 extortionist?
- US
Extortionist 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)-Wodencafe-extortionist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of extortionist
- extortionists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does extortionist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who extorts; an extortioner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Extortionist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who extorts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | extorqueur, extorqueuse |
| German | Erpresser, Erpresserin |
| Spanish | extorsionista, extorsionador, extorsionadora |
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 extortionist come from?
From extortion + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).