falconer
/ˈfælkənɚ/noun
falconer is spelled F-A-L-C-O-N-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, falconer means “A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of falconer is falconers.
How many letters and syllables are in falconer?
| Letters | 8: F-A-L-C-O-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 falconer?
Falconer appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 falconer?
- UK /ˈfɒl.kən.ə(ɹ)/
- UK /ˈfɔːk.nə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈfælkənɚ/
Falconer 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-falconer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of falconer
- falconers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does falconer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.
- 2
One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Falconer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fauconnier |
| German | Falkner |
| Portuguese | falcoeiro |
| Spanish | halconero, halconera , cetrero, cetrera |
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 falconer come from?
From Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).