petitioner
/pəˈtɪʃənɚ/noun
petitioner is spelled P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N-E-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, petitioner means “Someone who presents a petition to a court” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of petitioner is petitioners.
How many letters and syllables are in petitioner?
| Letters | 10: P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is petitioner?
Petitioner appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 petitioner?
- US /pəˈtɪʃənɚ/
Petitioner 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-petitioner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with petitioner?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as petitioner from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃənəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: repetition.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of petitioner
- petitioners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does petitioner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who presents a petition to a court.
- 2
Someone who presents a petition to some person in authority.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Petitioner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who presents a petition to a court:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pétitionnaire |
| German | Petent, Petentin |
| Portuguese | peticionário, requerente |
| Spanish | accionante, peticionario |
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 petitioner come from?
From petition + -er. Doublet of petitionary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).