acer
/ˈeɪsɚ/noun
acer is spelled A-C-E-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acer means “A plant of the genus Acer; a maple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acer is acers.
How many letters and syllables are in acer?
| Letters | 4: A-C-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 acer?
Acer appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd 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 acer?
- UK /ˈeɪsə/
- US /ˈeɪsɚ/
- US /ˈɑkɛɚ/
Acer has 2 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-acer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with acer
Also written: acre.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with acer?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as acer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪsəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: care, race, acre, caer.
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 acer
- acers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does acer come from?
Borrowed from translingual Acer, from Latin acer (“maple tree”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).