wanderer
/ˈwɑndəɹɚ/noun
wanderer is spelled W-A-N-D-E-R-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wanderer means “One who wanders, who travels aimlessly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wanderer is wanderers.
How many letters and syllables are in wanderer?
| Letters | 8: W-A-N-D-E-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 wanderer?
Wanderer appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 wanderer?
- US /ˈwɑndəɹɚ/
- UK /ˈwɒndəɹə/
Wanderer 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)-Wodencafe-wanderer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wanderer
- wanderers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wanderer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- 2
Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
- 3
colloquialThe wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.
noun
- 1
someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wanderer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who wanders:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vagabond, nomade, errant, vagant |
| German | Wanderer |
| Portuguese | vagante, vagabundo, vagabunda, nômade |
| Spanish | vagabundo, nómada, patiperro, pataiperro |
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 wanderer come from?
From Middle English wanderere, wandrere, wanderare, equivalent to wander + -er. Cognate with Scots wanderer, wandirer (“wanderer”), Dutch wandelaar (“walker, hiker”), German Wanderer (“wanderer”), Danish vandrer (“wanderer”), Swedish vandrare (“wanderer”), Norwegian vandrer (“wanderer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).