songwriter
noun
songwriter is spelled S-O-N-G-W-R-I-T-E-R: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, songwriter means “A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of songwriter is songwriters.
How many letters and syllables are in songwriter?
| Letters | 10: S-O-N-G-W-R-I-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th 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 songwriter?
Songwriter appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 songwriter?
Songwriter 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-songwriter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of songwriter
- songwriters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does songwriter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.
We are now collaborating with a famous songwriter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Songwriter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | auteur-compositeur, autrice-compositrice, auteure-compositrice |
| German | Songwriter, Liedermacher |
| Portuguese | compositor, compositora |
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 songwriter come from?
From song + writer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).