hospitaller
noun
hospitaller is spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-L-E-R: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hospitaller means “A person who attends visitors in a religious institution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hospitaller is hospitallers.
How many letters and syllables are in hospitaller?
| Letters | 11: H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hospitaller?
Hospitaller appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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).
Forms of hospitaller
- hospitallers plural
- hospitaler
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hospitaller mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
- 2
A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hospitaller come from?
From Middle English hospiteler, from Middle French hospitalier; equivalent to hospital + -er. Piecewise doublet of hosteller.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).