vocalist
/ˈvoʊkəlɪst/noun
vocalist is spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-S-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vocalist means “A singer; a person who likes to sing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vocalist is vocalists.
How many letters and syllables are in vocalist?
| Letters | 8: V-O-C-A-L-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd 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 vocalist?
Vocalist appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 vocalist?
- US /ˈvoʊkəlɪst/
Vocalist 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-vocalist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vocalist
- vocalists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vocalist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A singer; a person who likes to sing.
lead vocalist
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vocalist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense singer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vocaliste |
| German | Sänger, Sängerin, Vokalist, Vokalistin |
| Portuguese | vocalista |
| Spanish | vocalista |
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 vocalist come from?
From vocal + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).