villager
/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/noun
villager is spelled V-I-L-L-A-G-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, villager means “A person who lives in, or comes from, a village” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of villager is villagers.
How many letters and syllables are in villager?
| Letters | 8: V-I-L-L-A-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th 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 villager?
Villager appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 villager?
- UK /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/
- US /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/
Villager 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-villager.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of villager
- villagers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does villager mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.
- 2
A worker unit.
noun
- 1
An inhabitant or resident of Greenwich Village, New York.
- 2
An inhabitant or resident of The Village, Jersey City.
- 3
An inhabitant or resident of The Villages, Florida.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Villager in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who lives in, or comes from, a village:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | villageois, villageoise |
| German | Dorfbewohner, Dorfbewohnerin, Dörfler, Dörflerin |
| Portuguese | aldeão, aldeã |
| Spanish | aldeano |
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 villager come from?
From village + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).