palmist
noun
palmist is spelled P-A-L-M-I-S-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, palmist means “A fortuneteller who uses palmistry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of palmist is palmists.
How many letters and syllables are in palmist?
| Letters | 7: P-A-L-M-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th 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 palmist?
Palmist appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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 palmist?
- US
Palmist has 2 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)-Flame,_not_lame-palmist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of palmist
- palmists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does palmist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fortuneteller who uses palmistry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Palmist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a fortuneteller who uses palmistry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chiromancien |
| Portuguese | quiromante |
| Spanish | quiromántico, quiromante, quirólogo |
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 palmist come from?
Back-formation from palmistry, equivalent to palm + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).