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angler

/ˈæŋ.ɡlɚ/noun

angler is spelled A-N-G-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, angler means “A person who fishes with a hook and line” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of angler is anglers.

How many letters and syllables are in angler?

Letters6: A-N-G-L-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 angler?

Angler appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 angler?

  • UK /ˈæŋ.ɡlə(ɹ)/
  • US /ˈæŋ.ɡlɚ/

Angler 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-angler.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with angler?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as angler from its last stressed vowel (/æŋɡləɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: erlang, rangle, largen.

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 angler

  • anglers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does angler mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person who fishes with a hook and line.

    A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.

  2. 2

    An anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius.

    The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.

  3. 3

    Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.

    Jonas was a consummate angler when it came the company's leave policy; he had it figured so he only needed to work six months out of the year.

  4. 4

    UKarchaicA thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Angler in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpêcheur à la ligne (person who fishes with a hook and line)
GermanAngler, Anglerin (person who fishes with a hook and line)
Portuguesepescador esportivo (person who fishes with a hook and line), tamboril, peixe-pescador (angler fish)
Spanishpescador, pescadora (person who fishes with a hook and line), rape común (angler fish), ulteriorator, ulterioratriz (person who schemes)

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 angler come from?

From Middle English angler, angleer, angeler, equivalent to angle + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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