debugger
/diˈbʌɡəɹ/noun
debugger is spelled D-E-B-U-G-G-E-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, debugger means “A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of debugger is debuggers.
How many letters and syllables are in debugger?
| Letters | 8: D-E-B-U-G-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th 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 debugger?
Debugger appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 debugger?
- UK /diːˈbʌɡə(ɹ)/
- /diːˈbʊɡə/
- US /diˈbʌɡəɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-debugger.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with debugger?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as debugger from its last stressed vowel (/ʌɡəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: begrudge, buggered.
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 debugger
- debuggers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does debugger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Debugger in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computer program:
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 debugger come from?
From debug + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).