boxer
/ˈbɑksɚ/noun
boxer is spelled B-O-X-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boxer means “A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boxer is boxers.
How many letters and syllables are in boxer?
| Letters | 5: B-O-X-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th 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 boxer?
Boxer appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 boxer?
- UK /ˈbɒksə/
- US /ˈbɑksɚ/
Boxer 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-boxer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boxer?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boxer from its last stressed vowel (/ɑksəɹ/):
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 boxer
- boxers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boxer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.
- 2
A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
- 3
The person running a game of two-up.
- 4
One who packs boxes.
- 5
A letterboxer.
- 6
Attributive form of boxers (“boxer shorts”).
- 7
A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
noun
- 1
A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boxer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | boxeur , boxer |
| German | Boxer, Boxerin |
| Portuguese | boxeador, boxeadora, pugilista , boxer |
| Spanish | boxeador, boxeadora , bóxer |
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 boxer come from?
From box + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).