proprietor
/pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/noun
proprietor is spelled P-R-O-P-R-I-E-T-O-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, proprietor means “An owner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of proprietor is proprietors.
How many letters and syllables are in proprietor?
| Letters | 10: P-R-O-P-R-I-E-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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 proprietor?
Proprietor appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 proprietor?
- /pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/
Proprietor 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: En-us-proprietor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of proprietor
- proprietors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does proprietor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An owner.
- 2
A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor.
- 3
One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
- 4
One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.
From 10 September 1621 till 12 June 1632, Sir William Alexander, styled Earl of Stirling and Viscount of Canada, was proprietor of the Scottish colony Nova Scotia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate proprietor?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of proprietor: propr, propr..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Proprietor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | propriétaire |
| German | Inhaber, Inhaberin, Besitzer, Besitzerin, Eigentümer , Alleininhaber |
| Portuguese | proprietário, dono |
| Spanish | propietario |
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 proprietor come from?
Probably from proprietary + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).