shareholder
/ˈʃɛɹˌhoʊl.dɚ/noun
shareholder is spelled S-H-A-R-E-H-O-L-D-E-R: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shareholder means “One who owns shares of stock in a corporation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shareholder is shareholders.
How many letters and syllables are in shareholder?
| Letters | 11: S-H-A-R-E-H-O-L-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th 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 shareholder?
Shareholder appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 shareholder?
- UK /ˈʃɛəˌhəʊl.də(ɹ)/
- US /ˈʃɛɹˌhoʊl.dɚ/
- Australia /ˈʃeːˌhəʉl.də(ɹ)/
Shareholder has 3 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-shareholder.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shareholder
- shareholders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shareholder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate shareholder?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of shareholder: S'holder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shareholder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who owns shares of stock:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | actionnaire |
| German | Aktionär, Aktionärin |
| Portuguese | acionista |
| Spanish | accionista, accionario |
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 shareholder come from?
From share + holder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).