dealer
/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/noun
dealer is spelled D-E-A-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dealer means “One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dealer is dealers.
How many letters and syllables are in dealer?
| Letters | 6: D-E-A-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th 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 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 dealer?
Dealer appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th 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 dealer?
- UK /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/
Dealer 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-dealer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dealer?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dealer from its last stressed vowel (/ilə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: leader, redeal.
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 dealer
- dealers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dealer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!
- 2
A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
- 3
A particular type of stock broker or trader.
- 4
The person who deals the cards in a card game.
- 5
One who deals or metes out anything.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dealer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | concessionnaire , croupier, donneur |
| German | Händler , Geber |
| Portuguese | negociante , distribuidor |
| Spanish | concesionario, díler, dealer , repartidor de naipes |
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 dealer come from?
From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. By surface analysis, deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).