darter
noun
darter is spelled D-A-R-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, darter means “One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of darter is darters.
How many letters and syllables are in darter?
| Letters | 6: D-A-R-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 darter?
Darter appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd 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 darter?
- US
Darter 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-darter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with darter?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as darter.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trader, retard.
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 darter
- darters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does darter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
- 2
Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plov
- 3
Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
- 4
Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
- 5
UKAny of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
- 6
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
- 7
A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.
- 8
Pronunciation spelling of daughter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Darter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense snakebird:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schlangenhalsvogel |
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 darter come from?
From dart + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).