# practitioner

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹækˈtɪʃənə/ · frequency rank #12,478

## Definitions
1. A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
2. One who does anything customarily or habitually.
3. A sly or artful person.

## Etymology
Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).

## Common misspellings (18)
`parctitioner`, `ppractitioner`, `pracctitioner`, `pracittioner`, `practiitoner`, `practitinoer`, `practitioenr`, `practitionerr`, `practitionner`, `practitionre`, `practitoiner`, `practittioner`, `practtiioner`, `practtitioner`, `pratcitioner`, `prcatitioner`, `prractitioner`, `rpactitioner`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/practitioner