censer
cen·ser/ˈsɛn.sɚ/noun
censer is spelled C-E-N-S-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (cen·ser). It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, censer means “An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of censer is censers.
How many letters and syllables are in censer?
| Letters | 6: C-E-N-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cen·ser |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is censer?
Censer appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 censer?
- UK /ˈsɛn.sə/
- US /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
Censer has 2 syllables, split cen·ser in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-censer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with censer
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: censor, sensor (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with censer?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as censer from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnsəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: screen.
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 censer
- censers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does censer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.
- 2
A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Censer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | encensoir |
| German | Duftrauchbrenner, Weihrauchfass, Rauchfass, Thuribulum, Turibulum , Weihrauchschwenker |
| Portuguese | turíbulo, incensário |
| Spanish | incensario, botafumeiro, turíbulo, pebetero, turífero |
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 censer come from?
Inherited from Middle English censer, from Anglo-Norman censier, from Old French encensier, from encens (“incense”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).