cheater
/ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/noun
cheater is spelled C-H-E-A-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cheater means “Someone who cheats; something that cheats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cheater is cheaters.
How many letters and syllables are in cheater?
| Letters | 7: C-H-E-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th 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 cheater?
Cheater appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 cheater?
- /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/
- /ˈt͡ʃiːtə/
Cheater 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-cheater.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cheater?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cheater.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: teacher, hectare, reteach.
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 cheater
- cheaters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
- 2
Synonym of adulterer.
- 3
An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
- 4
Any of various auxiliary lenses added to the visor of a welding hood to improve visibility, such as by providing refractive correction for presbyopia or providing magnification (e.g., 2×, 5×, 10×).
- 5
obsoleteAn escheater.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cheater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who cheats:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | menteur, tricheur, tricheuse |
| German | Betrüger, Schwindler |
| Portuguese | trapaceiro, batoteiro |
| Spanish | tramposo, fullero, tahúr, jaranero, trafero |
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 cheater come from?
From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).