denier
/dəˈnɪə(ɹ)/noun
denier is spelled D-E-N-I-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, denier means “An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of denier is deniers.
How many letters and syllables are in denier?
| Letters | 6: D-E-N-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th 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 denier?
Denier appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 denier?
- /dəˈnɪə(ɹ)/
- /ˈdɛnɪə(ɹ)/
- /ˈdɛnɪeɪ/
As a noun (“One who denies or forbids something”): /dɪˈnaɪə(ɹ)/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-denier-yarn.ogg, En-us-denier-who-denies.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with denier?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as denier.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: diener, nereid.
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 denier
- deniers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does denier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
- 2
A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
- 3
One who denies or forbids something.
- 4
One who denies the existence of something.
Holocaust denier
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate denier?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of denier: den.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Denier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 denier come from?
Borrowed from French denier, from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, dinar, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).