absorber
/əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/noun
absorber is spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, absorber means “Something that absorbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of absorber is absorbers.
How many letters and syllables are in absorber?
| Letters | 8: A-B-S-O-R-B-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is absorber?
Absorber appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 absorber?
- US /əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/
- US /əbˈzɔɹ.bɚ/
- US /æbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/
Absorber 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)-Persent101-absorber.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with absorber?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as absorber (/ɔɹbəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reabsorb.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of absorber
- absorbers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does absorber mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that absorbs.
- 2
A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid.
- 3
A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor.
- 4
A person who absorbs.
- 5
A set that, under suitable transformations, can contain any set from a given class within a topological space.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Absorber in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who, or that which, absorbs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | absorbant |
| German | Absorber, Augsauger |
| Portuguese | absorvedor |
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 absorber come from?
From absorb + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).