warrior
war·ri·or/ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/noun
warrior is spelled W-A-R-R-I-O-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables (war·ri·or). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warrior means “A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warrior is warriors.
How many letters and syllables are in warrior?
| Letters | 7: W-A-R-R-I-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: war·ri·or |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is warrior?
Warrior appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 warrior?
- UK /ˈwɒɹi.ə/
- US /ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/
- US /ˈwɔɹjɚ/
Warrior has 3 syllables, split war·ri·or in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-warrior.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of warrior
- warriors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warrior mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
- 2
A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
- 3
Anything exceptionally tough, stubborn, or that is hard to conquer or overcome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warrior in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | guerrier, guerrière |
| German | Krieger, Kriegerin, Kriegsmann |
| Portuguese | guerreiro, guerreira |
| Spanish | guerrero, guerrera |
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 warrior come from?
From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced earlier Old English cempa and many others.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).