caterer
/ˈkeɪtəɹɚ/noun
caterer is spelled C-A-T-E-R-E-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caterer means “A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caterer is caterers.
How many letters and syllables are in caterer?
| Letters | 7: C-A-T-E-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th 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 caterer?
Caterer appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 caterer?
- US /ˈkeɪtəɹɚ/
Caterer has 3 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-caterer.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with caterer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as caterer (/eɪtəɹəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: terrace, retrace.
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 caterer
- caterers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caterer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
- 2
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caterer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fournisseur , traiteur, traiteuse |
| German | Speiselieferant, Partyservice, Catering-Service, Cateringunternehmen |
| Spanish | banquetero |
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 caterer come from?
From cater + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).