kitchener
obsolete
kitchener is spelled K-I-T-C-H-E-N-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kitchener means “A kitchen servant; a cook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kitchener is kitcheners.
How many letters and syllables are in kitchener?
| Letters | 9: K-I-T-C-H-E-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kitchener?
Kitchener appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd 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 kitchener?
Kitchener 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).
What rhymes with kitchener?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kitchener.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: thickener.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does kitchener mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA kitchen servant; a cook.
- 2
obsoleteA stove for cooking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kitchener come from?
From Middle English kichenere, kychynnere, equivalent to kitchen + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).