bailer
noun
bailer is spelled B-A-I-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bailer means “One who bails or lades” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bailer is bailers.
How many letters and syllables are in bailer?
| Letters | 6: B-A-I-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bailer?
Bailer appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 bailer?
- US
Bailer 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)-Flame,_not_lame-bailer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bailer
- bailers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bailer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who bails or lades.
- 2
A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
- 3
Alternative form of bailor.
- 4
datedA delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
- 5
datedA delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bailer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a utensil:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | écope |
| Portuguese | vertedouro, vertedoiro, bartedouro, bartedoiro |
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 bailer come from?
From bail + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).