sportsperson
sports·per·son/spɔɹtspɝsən/noun
sportsperson is spelled S-P-O-R-T-S-P-E-R-S-O-N: 12 letters and 3 syllables (sports·per·son). It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sportsperson means “Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sportsperson is sportspersons or sportspeople.
How many letters and syllables are in sportsperson?
| Letters | 12: S-P-O-R-T-S-P-E-R-S-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sports·per·son |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th 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 sportsperson?
Sportsperson appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 sportsperson?
- US /spɔɹtspɝsən/
- US /spoɹtspɝsən/
- UK /spɔːtspɜːsən/
Sportsperson has 3 syllables, split sports·per·son in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sportsperson.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sportsperson
- sportspersons plural
- sportspeople plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sportsperson mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sportsperson in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who plays sport, regardless of gender:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sportif, sportive |
| German | Sportler, Sportlerin |
| Portuguese | esportista |
| Spanish | deportista |
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 sportsperson come from?
From sports + -person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).