carver
/ˈkɑɹvɚ/noun
carver is spelled C-A-R-V-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carver means “Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carver is carvers.
How many letters and syllables are in carver?
| Letters | 6: C-A-R-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 carver?
Carver appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 carver?
- US /ˈkɑɹvɚ/
- UK /ˈkɑːvə/
Carver 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-carver.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-carver.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with carver
Sounds like: calver (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with carver?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as carver (/ɑɹvəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: craver.
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 carver
- carvers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carver mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
- 2
datedA carving knife.
- 3
datedA butcher.
- 4
An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
- 5
A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carver in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who carves:
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 carver come from?
From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).