caller
/ˈkɔːlə/noun
caller is spelled C-A-L-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caller means “The person who makes a telephone call” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caller is callers.
How many letters and syllables are in caller?
| Letters | 6: C-A-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th 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 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 caller?
Caller appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th 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 caller?
- UK /ˈkɔːlə/
- British /ˈkoːlə/
- /ˈkɔ.lɚ/
Caller 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-caller.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with caller?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as caller (/ɔlə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: recall, cellar.
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 caller
- callers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caller mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The person who makes a telephone call.
―I’ve got someone on the line. ―Who’s the caller?
- 2
A visitor.
a gentleman caller
- 3
The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
- 4
A function that calls another (the callee).
If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.
- 5
A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
- 6
The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caller in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the person who makes a telephone call:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | téléphoneur, appelant |
| German | Anrufer |
| Portuguese | chamador |
| Spanish | llamador |
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 caller come from?
From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).