buyer
/ˈbaɪ.əɹ/noun
buyer is spelled B-U-Y-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, buyer means “A person who makes one or more purchases” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of buyer is buyers.
How many letters and syllables are in buyer?
| Letters | 5: B-U-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th 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 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 buyer?
Buyer appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th 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 buyer?
- UK /ˈbaɪ.ə/
- US /ˈbaɪ.əɹ/
Buyer 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: En-us-buyer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with buyer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as buyer from its last stressed vowel (/aɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rebuy.
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 buyer
- buyers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does buyer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who makes one or more purchases.
Every person who steps through the door is a potential buyer, so acknowledge their presence.
- 2
A person who purchases items for resale in a retail establishment.
The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock a larger range of vegetarian foods.
- 3
A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Buyer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who makes purchases:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | acheteur, acheteuse |
| German | Käufer, Käuferin, Einkäufer, Einkäuferin |
| Portuguese | comprador, compradora |
| Spanish | cliente, clienta, comprador, compradora, mercante |
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 buyer come from?
From buy + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).