delayer
noun, verb
delayer is spelled D-E-L-A-Y-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, delayer means “One who delays” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of delayer is delayers.
How many letters and syllables are in delayer?
| Letters | 7: D-E-L-A-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th 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; 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 delayer?
Delayer appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
What rhymes with delayer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as delayer.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: layered.
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 delayer
- delayers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- delayering participle, present
- delayered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does delayer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who delays.
- 2
A substance that is used to slow the rate of combustion of a solid rocket fuel so as to make it more controllable
verb
- 1
To remove layers from; to strip away levels from.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does delayer come from?
From delay + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).