comber
/ˈkoʊmɚ/noun
comber is spelled C-O-M-B-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, comber means “A person who combs wool, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of comber is combers.
How many letters and syllables are in comber?
| Letters | 6: C-O-M-B-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 comber?
Comber appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st 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 comber?
- UK /ˈkəʊmə/
- US /ˈkoʊmɚ/
As a noun (“Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European…”): /ˈkɒmbə/, /ˈkɑmbɚ/.
Comber 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: En-us-comber.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-comber_(fish).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with comber
Sounds like: coma (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with comber?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as comber from its last stressed vowel (/oʊməɹ/):
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 comber
- combers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does comber mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who combs wool, etc.
- 2
A machine that combs wool, etc.
- 3
A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
- 4
Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Comber in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Serranus cabrilla:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | perche de mer |
| German | Sägebarsch |
| Spanish | cabrilla |
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 comber come from?
From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).