cager
noun
cager is spelled C-A-G-E-R: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cager means “A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cager is cagers.
How many letters and syllables are in cager?
| Letters | 5: C-A-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 cager?
Cager appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 cager?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cager.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cager?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cager.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grace.
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 cager
- cagers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cager mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
- 2
datedinformalA basketball player, from the time when games were played in a wire mesh enclosure.
- 3
derogatoryA person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cager come from?
From cage + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).