litterateur
/ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/noun
litterateur is spelled L-I-T-T-E-R-A-T-E-U-R: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, litterateur means “A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of litterateur is litterateurs or littérateurs.
How many letters and syllables are in litterateur?
| Letters | 11: L-I-T-T-E-R-A-T-E-U-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is litterateur?
Litterateur appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 litterateur?
- UK /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜː/
- US /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vanderdecken-litterateur.wav, En-us-litterateur.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with litterateur?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as litterateur from its last stressed vowel (/ʊəɹ/):
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).
Forms of litterateur
- litterateurs plural
- literateur
- littérateur
- littérateurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does litterateur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher, playwright and littérateur, was the boyhood tutor of the emperor Nero, and later on his adviser.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of litterateur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Litterateur in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person engaged in various literary works:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | littérateur |
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 litterateur come from?
From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).