descender
/dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/noun
descender is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, descender means “A person or thing that descends” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of descender is descenders.
How many letters and syllables are in descender?
| Letters | 9: D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 descender?
Descender appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 descender?
- UK /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-descender.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with descender?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as descender from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndə/, British pronunciation):
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 descender
- descenders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does descender mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or thing that descends.
- 2
The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- 3
A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q.
- 4
A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
- 5
A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Descender 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 descender come from?
From descend + -er (agent noun suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).