wrongdoer
noun
wrongdoer is spelled W-R-O-N-G-D-O-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wrongdoer means “Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wrongdoer is wrongdoers.
How many letters and syllables are in wrongdoer?
| Letters | 9: W-R-O-N-G-D-O-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st 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 wrongdoer?
Wrongdoer appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 wrongdoer?
Wrongdoer 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-wrongdoer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wrongdoer
- wrongdoers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wrongdoer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law.
Get and keep wrongdoers out of your thorp (village).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wrongdoer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who does wrong:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | malfaiteur |
| German | Übeltäter, Zuwiderhandelnder, Zuwiderhandelnde, Sündiger, Gesetzesbrecher, Abweichler |
| Portuguese | malfeitor |
| Spanish | malhechor, malfechor (disused) |
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 wrongdoer come from?
From wrong + doer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).