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titleholder

noun

titleholder is spelled T-I-T-L-E-H-O-L-D-E-R: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, titleholder means “The person who possesses a rank or title” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of titleholder is titleholders.

How many letters and syllables are in titleholder?

Letters11: T-I-T-L-E-H-O-L-D-E-R
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 titleholder?

Titleholder appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 titleholder?

    Titleholder 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).

    Forms of titleholder

    • titleholders plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does titleholder mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      The person who possesses a rank or title.

      The titleholder of the world championship was dethroned when he declined to defend his title.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does titleholder come from?

    From title + holder.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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