antler
/ˈænt.lɚ/noun
antler is spelled A-N-T-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, antler means “A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of antler is antlers.
How many letters and syllables are in antler?
| Letters | 6: A-N-T-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 antler?
Antler appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 antler?
- UK /ˈænt.lə/
- US /ˈænt.lɚ/
- US /ˈænʔ.lɚ/
Antler 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: En-us-antler.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with antler?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as antler (/æntləɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rental.
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 antler
- antlers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does antler mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.
While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Antler in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bony structure on the head of deer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bois, andouiller |
| German | Geweih |
| Portuguese | chifre, corno (de cervídeos), galhada |
| Spanish | cornamenta, cornadura, astamenta, cuerna, encornadura, caramera |
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 antler come from?
From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).