pedestrian
pe·des·tri·an/pəˈdɛstɹiən/adjective, noun
pedestrian is spelled P-E-D-E-S-T-R-I-A-N, 4 syllables: pe·des·tri·an. The wrong spelling people search most is pedestrain: about 70 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 33 of all searches for the word. Pedestrian is an adjective meaning “Of or intended for those who are walking”.
How many letters and syllables are in pedestrian?
| Letters | 10: P-E-D-E-S-T-R-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: pe·des·tri·an |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, pedestrain, about 70 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell pedestrian?
Pedestrian is spelled P-E-D-E-S-T-R-I-A-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 33 of the searches for pedestrian in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is pedestrian?
Pedestrian appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 pedestrian?
- /pəˈdɛstɹiən/
Pedestrian has 4 syllables, split pe·des·tri·an in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-pedestrian.wav, En-us-pedestrian.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pedestrian
- more pedestrian comparative
- most pedestrian superlative
- pedestrians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pedestrian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or intended for those who are walking.
pedestrian crossing
- 2
Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy.
- 3
Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.
The choreographer prefers pedestrian movements.
noun
- 1
A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
- 2
datedAn expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pedestrian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | piéton, piétonnier, pédestre , banal, ordinaire, bateau |
| German | Fußgänger-, fußgänger-, Fuß-, fuß-, Geh-, geh- |
| Portuguese | pedestre, pedonal , prosaico, comum , peão, peã |
| Spanish | peatonal , prosaico, pedestre, vulgar , peatón, peatona |
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 pedestrian come from?
From Latin pedester (oblique stem pedestri-) + English -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).