geriatrician
noun
geriatrician is spelled G-E-R-I-A-T-R-I-C-I-A-N: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, geriatrician means “A medical doctor specialising in the assessment and treatment of elderly people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of geriatrician is geriatricians.
How many letters and syllables are in geriatrician?
| Letters | 12: G-E-R-I-A-T-R-I-C-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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 geriatrician?
Geriatrician appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 geriatrician?
Geriatrician has 5 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).
Forms of geriatrician
- geriatricians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does geriatrician mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A medical doctor specialising in the assessment and treatment of elderly people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Geriatrician in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense doctor specialising in elderly people:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | geriatra |
| Spanish | geriatra |
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 geriatrician come from?
From geriatric + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).