horticulturist
noun
horticulturist is spelled H-O-R-T-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-I-S-T: 14 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, horticulturist means “A gardener; a person interested in or practicing horticulture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of horticulturist is horticulturists.
How many letters and syllables are in horticulturist?
| Letters | 14: H-O-R-T-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th 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 horticulturist?
Horticulturist appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 horticulturist?
- US
Horticulturist 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-horticulturist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of horticulturist
- horticulturists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does horticulturist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A gardener; a person interested in or practicing horticulture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Horticulturist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | horticultor |
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 horticulturist come from?
From horticulture + -ist.. By surface analysis, horti- + cult + -ure + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).