picador
/ˈpɪkədɔː(ɹ)/noun
picador is spelled P-I-C-A-D-O-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, picador means “A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of picador is picadors or picadores.
How many letters and syllables are in picador?
| Letters | 7: P-I-C-A-D-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 94,827th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is picador?
Picador appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th 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 picador?
- /ˈpɪkədɔː(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-picador.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with picador?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as picador.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: parodic.
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 picador
- picadors plural
- picadores plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does picador mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.
I saw the picador lance the bull.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Picador in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador:
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 picador come from?
Borrowed from Spanish picador (“stinger”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).