skirmisher
noun
skirmisher is spelled S-K-I-R-M-I-S-H-E-R: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skirmisher means “An infantry soldier used for skirmishing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skirmisher is skirmishers.
How many letters and syllables are in skirmisher?
| Letters | 10: S-K-I-R-M-I-S-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is skirmisher?
Skirmisher appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 skirmisher?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-skirmisher.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skirmisher
- skirmishers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skirmisher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An infantry soldier used for skirmishing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skirmisher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soldier:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | escarmoucheur |
| German | Scharmützler, Plänkler |
| Portuguese | escaramuçador |
| Spanish | escaramuzador, hostigador |
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 skirmisher come from?
From skirmish + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).