mortician
/mɔː(ɹ)ˈtɪʃən/noun
mortician is spelled M-O-R-T-I-C-I-A-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mortician means “An undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mortician is morticians.
How many letters and syllables are in mortician?
| Letters | 9: M-O-R-T-I-C-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th 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 mortician?
Mortician appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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 mortician?
- /mɔː(ɹ)ˈtɪʃən/
Mortician 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mortician.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mortician
- morticians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mortician mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAn undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mortician come from?
From Latin mort- (“death”) + -ician.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).