kindergartner
kin·der·gart·ner/ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/noun
kindergartner is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-G-A-R-T-N-E-R, 4 syllables: kin·der·gart·ner. The wrong spelling people search most is kindergardener: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Kindergartner is a noun meaning “A child who attends a kindergarten”. The plural of kindergartner is kindergartners or kindergärtners.
How many letters and syllables are in kindergartner?
| Letters | 13: K-I-N-D-E-R-G-A-R-T-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: kin·der·gart·ner |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, kindergardener, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell kindergartner?
Kindergartner is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-G-A-R-T-N-E-R. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 4 in 10 of the searches for kindergartner in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is kindergartner?
Kindergartner appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th 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 kindergartner?
- US /ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/
- UK /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtnə/
Kindergartner has 4 syllables, split kin·der·gart·ner in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kindergartner
- kindergartners plural
- kindergartener
- kindergärtner
- kindergärtners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kindergartner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A child who attends a kindergarten.
- 2
rareA person who teaches at a kindergarten.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of kindergartner (“person who teaches at a kindergarten”).
- 2
nonstandardNonstandard form of kindergartner (“child who attends a kindergarten”).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of kindergartner (“person who teaches at a kindergarten”).
- 2
nonstandardNonstandard spelling of kindergartner (“child who attends a kindergarten”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate kindergartner?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of kindergartner: kinder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kindergartner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Kindergartenkind, Kindergartenschüler, Kindergartenschülerin, Kindergärtler, Kindergärtlerin , Kindergärtner |
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 kindergartner come from?
From kindergarten + -er, with spelling influenced by German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).