bidder
/ˈbɪ.dɚ/noun
bidder is spelled B-I-D-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bidder means “Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bidder is bidders.
How many letters and syllables are in bidder?
| Letters | 6: B-I-D-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 bidder?
Bidder appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 bidder?
- UK /ˈbɪd.ə/
- US /ˈbɪ.dɚ/
- US [ˈbɪ.ɾɚ]
Bidder 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-bidder.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bidder?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bidder from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdəɹ/):
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 bidder
- bidders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bidder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction.
The highest bidder shall get the house.
- 2
One who commands or orders.
- 3
datedrareOne who asks or invites.
- 4
archaicOne who begs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bidder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who bids:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enchérisseur, enchérisseuse |
| German | Bieter, Bieterin |
| Portuguese | licitante, licitador, licitadora |
| Spanish | postor, postora, pujador |
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 bidder come from?
From Middle English bidder, biddere, equivalent to bid + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bidder, German Bitter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).