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dander

/ˈdændə(ɹ)/noun, verb

dander is spelled D-A-N-D-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dander means “Dandruff–scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dander is danders.

How many letters and syllables are in dander?

Letters6: D-A-N-D-E-R
In writingabout once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
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 dander?

Dander appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 dander?

  • /ˈdændə(ɹ)/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-dander.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with dander?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dander.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: darned.

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 dander

  • danders plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • dandering participle, present
  • dandered participle, past
  • daunder
  • dauner

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

What does dander mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    Dandruff–scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.

  2. 2

    Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.

  3. 3

    Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.

  4. 4

    ScotlandA cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace

  5. 5

    slangPassion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".

    He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.

verb

  1. 1

    To wander about.

  2. 2

    To maunder, to talk incoherently.

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

Dander in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchsquame, pellicule (dead skin shed by animals), fixette (passion, temper, anger)
GermanHautschuppe (dead skin shed by animals), Zorn, Wut (passion, temper, anger)
Portuguesecaspa (dead skin shed by animals)
Spanishcaspa (dead skin shed by animals)

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 dander come from?

From a shortening of dandruff.

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

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