victor
/ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/noun
victor is spelled V-I-C-T-O-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, victor means “The winner in a fight or contest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of victor is victors.
How many letters and syllables are in victor?
| Letters | 6: V-I-C-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,309th 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 victor?
Victor appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th 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 victor?
- /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/
Victor has 2 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: En-us-victor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with victor?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as victor from its last stressed vowel (/ɪktəɹ/):
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 victor
- victors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does victor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The winner in a fight or contest.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
- 1
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does victor come from?
Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).