magician
ma·gi·cian/məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/noun
magician is spelled M-A-G-I-C-I-A-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables (ma·gi·cian). It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, magician means “A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of magician is magicians.
How many letters and syllables are in magician?
| Letters | 8: M-A-G-I-C-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ma·gi·cian |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th 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 magician?
Magician appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 magician?
- /məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/
- [məˈd͡ʒɪʃən] ~ [məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩]
Magician has 3 syllables, split ma·gi·cian in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-magician.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of magician
- magicians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does magician mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- 2
derogatoryA spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
- 3
A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
- 4
An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
- 5
A person who astounds; an enigma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Magician in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | magicien |
| German | Magier, Zauberer, Zaubrer, Magierin, Zauberin, Zaubrerin |
| Portuguese | mago, bruxo, mágico, feiticeiro |
| Spanish | mago , fenómeno |
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 magician come from?
From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).