boater
/ˈboʊ.tɚ/noun
boater is spelled B-O-A-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boater means “Someone who travels by boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boater is boaters.
How many letters and syllables are in boater?
| Letters | 6: B-O-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th 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 boater?
Boater appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 boater?
- UK /ˈbəʊt.ə/
- US /ˈboʊ.tɚ/
- /ˈbɐʉt.ɘ/
Boater has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-boater.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boater?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boater from its last stressed vowel (/oʊtəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: borate.
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 boater
- boaters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who travels by boat.
- 2
Synonym of boatman, particularly its captain.
- 3
A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bootsfahrer , Kreissäge, steifer Strohhut |
| French | canotier |
| Portuguese | chapéu-palheta, palheta, palhinha |
| Spanish | canotier |
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 boater come from?
From Middle English botere; equivalent to boat + -er. The use of the term for a straw hat stems from the fact that straw hats were the preferred head covering during sunny boat trips on canals and rivers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).