survivor
/sɚˈvaɪvɚ/noun
survivor is spelled S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, survivor means “One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of survivor is survivors.
How many letters and syllables are in survivor?
| Letters | 8: S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is survivor?
Survivor appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st 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 survivor?
- UK /səˈvaɪvə/
- US /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/
Survivor 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-survivor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with survivor?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as survivor from its last stressed vowel (/aɪvəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of survivor
- survivors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does survivor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.
From this moment on, I choose to live not as a victim, but as a survivor.
- 2
A person who is able to endure hardship.
- 3
One who knew a specific decedent.
She was from a large family and had many friends, so the funeral was crowded with mourning survivors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Survivor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | survivant, survivante, rescapé, rescapée |
| German | Überlebender, Überlebende , Überlebenskünstler, harter Knochen |
| Portuguese | sobrevivente |
| Spanish | sobreviviente, superviviente, perviviente , supérstite |
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 survivor come from?
From survive + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).