chiller
chill·er/ˈt͡ʃɪlɚ/noun, adjective
chiller is spelled C-H-I-L-L-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (chill·er). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chiller means “a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chiller is chillers.
How many letters and syllables are in chiller?
| Letters | 7: C-H-I-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: chill·er |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chiller?
Chiller appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 chiller?
- UK /ˈt͡ʃɪləː/
- UK [ˈt͡ʃʰɪləː]
- US /ˈt͡ʃɪlɚ/
Chiller has 2 syllables, split chill·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chiller.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chiller?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chiller from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləɹ/):
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 chiller
- chillers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chiller mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.
- 2
a heat exchanger between a coolant and a refrigerant, to transfer heat from the coolant loop into the refrigeration system
- 3
A machine that removes heat from the working fluid in a refrigeration cycle
- 4
A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film
adjective
- 1
comparative form of chill: more chill
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chiller in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense machine that produces cold air:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Gefrieranlage, Kühlgerät, Kühlschrank, Gefrierschrank |
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 chiller come from?
From chill + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).