dancer
danc·er/ˈdænsəɹ/noun
dancer is spelled D-A-N-C-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (danc·er). It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dancer means “A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dancer is dancers.
How many letters and syllables are in dancer?
| Letters | 6: D-A-N-C-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: danc·er |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 dancer?
Dancer appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th 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 dancer?
- UK /ˈdɑːnsə(ɹ)/
- UK /ˈdɑːntsə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈdænsəɹ/
Dancer has 2 syllables, split danc·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dancer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dancer?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dancer from its last stressed vowel (/ænsəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: carden.
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 dancer
- dancers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dancer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
I'm a terrible dancer.
- 2
A stripper.
- 3
obsoleteslangSynonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dancer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | danseur , danseuse |
| German | Tänzer , Tänzerin , exotischer Tänzer, exotische Tänzerin |
| Portuguese | bailarino, dançarino , bailarina, dançarina , dançarino exótico, dançarina exótica |
| Spanish | bailarín, bailador , bailarina, bailadora |
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 dancer come from?
From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).