breaker
/ˈbɹeɪkɚ/noun, interjection
breaker is spelled B-R-E-A-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, breaker means “Something that breaks (something else)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of breaker is breakers.
How many letters and syllables are in breaker?
| Letters | 7: B-R-E-A-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th 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 breaker?
Breaker appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 breaker?
- UK /ˈbɹeɪkə/
- US /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/
Breaker 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-breaker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with breaker?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as breaker from its last stressed vowel (/eɪkəɹ/):
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 breaker
- breakers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does breaker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that breaks (something else).
a breaker of men's souls
- 2
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
- 3
The building in which such a machine is placed.
at the coal breaker
- 4
Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.
- 5
Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.
- 6
Ellipsis of horsebreaker.
A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber
- 7
A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
- 8
colloquialA breakdancer.
- 9
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
interjection
- 1
USdatedUsed to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.
breaker one nine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Breaker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 breaker come from?
From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).