rapist
/ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/noun
rapist is spelled R-A-P-I-S-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rapist means “One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rapist is rapists.
How many letters and syllables are in rapist?
| Letters | 6: R-A-P-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th 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 rapist?
Rapist appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 rapist?
- /ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/
Rapist has 2 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-rapist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rapist
- rapists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rapist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rapist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who has commited rape:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | violeur, violeuse |
| German | Vergewaltiger, Vergewaltigerin |
| Portuguese | estuprador, estupradora, violador, violadora |
| Spanish | violador, violadora |
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 rapist come from?
From rape + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).