viscount
/ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/noun
viscount is spelled V-I-S-C-O-U-N-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, viscount means “A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of viscount is viscounts.
How many letters and syllables are in viscount?
| Letters | 8: V-I-S-C-O-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th 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 viscount?
Viscount appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 viscount?
- /ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/
Viscount 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-uk-viscount.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-viscount.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of viscount
- viscounts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does viscount mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
- 2
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.
noun
- 1
The title of a viscount.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate viscount?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of viscount: vis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Viscount in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl:
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 viscount come from?
From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).