cycler
noun
cycler is spelled C-Y-C-L-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cycler means “Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cycler is cyclers.
How many letters and syllables are in cycler?
| Letters | 6: C-Y-C-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is cycler?
Cycler appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 cycler?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cycler.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cycler
- cyclers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cycler mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
The battery cycler allows us to switch between batteries as each one runs out.
- 2
An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
The Earth-Mars cyclers could potentially be used for transporting people between the two planets.
- 3
A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
If we had more than one cycler then the length of time between the outbound and inbound journeys could be reduced to a few months.
- 4
A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
My son's a fast cycler which is much harder for people to understand.
- 5
A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
The only issue I have had with my cycler was when the cat started chewing on the connecting line.
- 6
Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals
- 7
A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
When the last cycler has run for 200ms we pass control back to the first one and begin again.
- 8
datedSynonym of cyclist.
There is nothing more annoying than a rogue cycler ignoring the other road users.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cycler come from?
From cycle + -er. Piecewise doublet of wheeler.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).