accuser
/əˈkju.zɚ/noun
accuser is spelled A-C-C-U-S-E-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, accuser means “One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of accuser is accusers.
How many letters and syllables are in accuser?
| Letters | 7: A-C-C-U-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 accuser?
Accuser appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 accuser?
- US /əˈkju.zɚ/
- UK /əˈkjuː.zə/
Accuser 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-accuser.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-accuser.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with accuser?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as accuser from its last stressed vowel (/uzəɹ/):
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 accuser
- accusers plural
- accusor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accuser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accuser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who accuses:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | accusateur, accusatrice |
| German | Ankläger |
| Portuguese | acusador, acusadora |
| Spanish | acusador, acusadora, acusica, acusique, acusete, acuseta |
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 accuser come from?
Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accūsātor, from accūsāre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).