purveyor
pur·vey·or/pəɹˈveɪəɹ/noun
purveyor is spelled P-U-R-V-E-Y-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (pur·vey·or). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, purveyor means “One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of purveyor is purveyors.
How many letters and syllables are in purveyor?
| Letters | 8: P-U-R-V-E-Y-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pur·vey·or |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 purveyor?
Purveyor appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th 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 purveyor?
- UK /pə(ː)ˈveɪə/
- US /pəɹˈveɪəɹ/
Purveyor has 3 syllables, split pur·vey·or in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-purveyor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with purveyor?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as purveyor from its last stressed vowel (/eɪəɹ/):
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 purveyor
- purveyors plural
- purveyour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does purveyor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
The merchants are the purveyors of fine selections.
- 2
UKAn officer who obtained provisions such as accommodation and food for the household of a monarch or some other high-ranking person; also, an officer in charge of obtaining provisions for an army, a city, etc.
groom purveyor yeoman purveyor
- 3
A person or group that promotes or spreads an idea, a viewpoint, etc.
purveyors of false information
- 4
obsoleteOne who arranges or prepares something; an arranger, an orchestrator, a preparer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).