baker
bak·er/ˈbeɪ.kɚ/noun
baker is spelled B-A-K-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (bak·er). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baker means “A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baker is bakers.
How many letters and syllables are in baker?
| Letters | 5: B-A-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bak·er |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th 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; 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 baker?
Baker appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 baker?
- UK /ˈbeɪ.kə/
- US /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/
- /ˈbe.kəɾ/
Baker has 2 syllables, split bak·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-baker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with baker?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as baker from its last stressed vowel (/eɪkəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: break, brake.
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 baker
- bakers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
- 2
A portable oven for baking.
- 3
An apple suitable for baking.
noun
- 1
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Baker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who bakes and sells bread, etc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | boulanger, boulangère, pâtissier, pâtissière |
| German | Bäcker, Bäckerin |
| Portuguese | padeiro, pasteleiro |
| Spanish | panadero, panadera |
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 baker come from?
Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).