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cooler

/ˈku.lɚ/noun, adjective

cooler is spelled C-O-O-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cooler means “Anything which cools” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cooler is coolers.

How many letters and syllables are in cooler?

Letters6: C-O-O-L-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd 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 cooler?

Cooler appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 cooler?

  • UK /ˈkuː.lə(ɹ)/
  • US /ˈku.lɚ/
  • Australia /ˈkʉː.lə(ɹ)/

Cooler 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-cooler.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-cooler.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with cooler?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cooler from its last stressed vowel (/uləɹ/):

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 cooler

  • coolers plural

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

What does cooler mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    Anything which cools.

  2. 2

    An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.

  3. 3

    A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.

  4. 4

    CanadaA type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.

    They served wine coolers in the afternoon.

  5. 5

    samalamig drink (sweet chilled beverage, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with either shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)

  6. 6

    IndiaEllipsis of air cooler, evaporative cooler, desert cooler, or swamp cooler.

  7. 7

    USslangA prison.

  8. 8

    USslangA bouncer or doorman.

adjective

  1. 1

    comparative form of cool: more cool (a form of cool)

    He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

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

Cooler in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanKühler (anything which cools), Kühlbox (insulated bin or box to keep food cold while…)
Frenchglacière (insulated bin or box to keep food cold while…)
Portuguesegeleira, caixa térmica (insulated bin or box to keep food cold while…)
Spanishhielera, conservadora térmica, heladerita, cúler, nevera (insulated bin or box to keep food cold while…)

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 cooler come from?

From cool + -er.

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

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