dispenser
/dɪˈspɛnsə/noun
dispenser is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dispenser means “Something or someone that dispenses things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dispenser is dispensers.
How many letters and syllables are in dispenser?
| Letters | 9: D-I-S-P-E-N-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dispenser?
Dispenser appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 dispenser?
- /dɪˈspɛnsə/
Dispenser has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dispenser.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dispenser
- dispensers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dispenser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something or someone that dispenses things.
- 2
An object used to dispense other items.
a toilet-paper dispenser
- 3
A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dispenser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense object used to dispense other items:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | distributeur, dévidoir, dérouleur |
| German | Abroller, Austeiler, Spender, Verteiler |
| Spanish | dispensador |
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 dispenser come from?
From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).