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cleaner

/ˈkli.nɚ/noun, adjective

cleaner is spelled C-L-E-A-N-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cleaner means “A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cleaner is cleaners.

How many letters and syllables are in cleaner?

Letters7: C-L-E-A-N-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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 cleaner?

Cleaner appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 cleaner?

  • UK /ˈkliː.nə/
  • US /ˈkli.nɚ/

Cleaner 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-cleaner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with cleaner?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cleaner from its last stressed vowel (/inəɹ/):

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 cleaner

  • cleaners plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does cleaner mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

  2. 2

    A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.

  3. 3

    A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.

    Near-synonym: cleaning fluid

  4. 4

    A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).

    I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.

  5. 5

    informalA fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.

adjective

  1. 1

    Comparative form of clean: more clean. (a form of clean)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Cleaner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchnettoyeur, nettoyeuse (person who cleans), nettoyant (substance used for cleaning), pressing (professional laundry)
GermanReinigungskraft, Gebäudereiniger, Gebäudereinigerin, Putzfrau (charwoman), Putzmann (person who cleans), Reiniger (substance used for cleaning)
Portugueselimpador (person who cleans), lavanderia (professional laundry)
Spanishlimpiador, aseador (person who cleans)

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 cleaner come from?

Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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