manicurist
noun
manicurist is spelled M-A-N-I-C-U-R-I-S-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, manicurist means “A person who performs manicures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of manicurist is manicurists.
How many letters and syllables are in manicurist?
| Letters | 10: M-A-N-I-C-U-R-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is manicurist?
Manicurist appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 manicurist?
Manicurist has 4 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).
Forms of manicurist
- manicurists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manicurist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who performs manicures.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manicurist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense manicurist:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | manucure |
| German | Handpfleger, Handpflegerin, Nagelpfleger, Nagelpflegerin, Manikürist, Maniküristin |
| Portuguese | manicure, manicuro |
| Spanish | manicurista, manicuro, manicura, manicure |
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 manicurist come from?
From manicure + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).