contender
con·ten·der/kənˈtɛn.dɚ/noun
contender is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-D-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables (con·ten·der). It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, contender means “Someone who competes with one or more other people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of contender is contenders.
How many letters and syllables are in contender?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-T-E-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: con·ten·der |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th 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 contender?
Contender appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 contender?
- US /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/
Contender has 3 syllables, split con·ten·der in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-contender.ogg, En-uk-contender.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with contender?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as contender from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndəɹ/):
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 contender
- contenders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contender mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who competes with one or more other people.
- 2
Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Contender in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who competes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | concurrent, rival |
| German | Gegner, Konkurrent, Rivale, Mitbewerber |
| Portuguese | competidor |
| Spanish | contendiente, contendedor |
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 contender come from?
From contend + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).