waitress
/ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/noun, verb
waitress is spelled W-A-I-T-R-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, waitress means “A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of waitress is waitresses.
How many letters and syllables are in waitress?
| Letters | 8: W-A-I-T-R-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 waitress?
Waitress appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 waitress?
- /ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/
Waitress 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-waitress.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of waitress
- waitresses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- waitressing participle, present
- waitressed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does waitress mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
a waitress in a cocktail bar.
verb
- 1
To work as a waitress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Waitress in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female waiter:
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 waitress come from?
From waiter + -ess.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).