spiritualist
noun, adjective
spiritualist is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L-I-S-T: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spiritualist means “One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spiritualist is spiritualists.
How many letters and syllables are in spiritualist?
| Letters | 12: S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th 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 spiritualist?
Spiritualist appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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 spiritualist?
Spiritualist has 5 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).
Forms of spiritualist
- spiritualists plural
- more spiritualist comparative
- most spiritualist superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spiritualist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
- 2
One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
- 3
One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.
noun
- 1
An adherent of a dissenting reforming tendency during the early modern period, stressing communion with the Holy Spirit and moral improvement through sanctification while rejecting the outwardly church, without necessarily separating from the Roman Catholic Church.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the Spiritualists.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spiritualist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | spiritualiste |
| German | Spiritualist, Spiritualistin , spiritualistisch |
| Portuguese | espiritualista |
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.