dinger
/ˈdɪŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/noun
dinger is spelled D-I-N-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dinger means “A bell or chime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dinger is dingers.
How many letters and syllables are in dinger?
| Letters | 6: D-I-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th 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 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 dinger?
Dinger appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th 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 dinger?
- UK /ˈdɪŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/
Dinger 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-AU_ck1_dinger.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dinger?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dinger (/ɪŋə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ringed.
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 dinger
- dingers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dinger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bell or chime.
- 2
The suspended clapper of a bell.
- 3
One who rings a bell.
- 4
A home run.
The starting pitcher gave up three dingers.
- 5
CanadaUSslangThe penis.
- 6
USslangSomething outstanding or exceptional, a humdinger.
- 7
AustraliaslangA condom.
- 8
AustraliaslangThe buttocks, the anus.
Let′s leave them to sit on their dingers for a while.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dinger come from?
From ding + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).