statistician
/ˌstætɪsˈtɪʃn̩/noun
statistician is spelled S-T-A-T-I-S-T-I-C-I-A-N: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, statistician means “A person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of statistician is statisticians.
How many letters and syllables are in statistician?
| Letters | 12: S-T-A-T-I-S-T-I-C-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd 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 statistician?
Statistician appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 statistician?
- /ˌstætɪsˈtɪʃn̩/
Statistician has 4 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-statistician.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of statistician
- statisticians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does statistician mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics.
- 2
A mathematician with a specialty of statistics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Statistician in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | statisticien, statisticienne |
| German | Statistiker, Statistikerin |
| Portuguese | estatístico |
| Spanish | estadístico, estadígrafo |
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 statistician come from?
From statistic + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).