sorcerer
/ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ/noun
sorcerer is spelled S-O-R-C-E-R-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sorcerer means “A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sorcerer is sorcerers.
How many letters and syllables are in sorcerer?
| Letters | 8: S-O-R-C-E-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th 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 sorcerer?
Sorcerer appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 sorcerer?
- UK /ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ/
Sorcerer 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: En-us-sorcerer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sorcerer
- sorcerers plural
- sorceror
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sorcerer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
- 2
A person whose skills or abilities appear almost magical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sorcerer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sorcier, sorcière |
| German | Zauberer |
| Portuguese | feiticeiro, sortílego |
| Spanish | brujo, hechicero, sortílego, mago |
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 sorcerer come from?
From Middle English sorcerere, from stem sorcer- (as in sorceresse and sorcery) + -ere, from Old French sorcer, sorcier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem (“fate, fortune”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).