doer
do·er/ˈdu.ɚ/noun
doer is spelled D-O-E-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables (do·er). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doer means “Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doer is doers.
How many letters and syllables are in doer?
| Letters | 4: D-O-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: do·er |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 doer?
Doer appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 doer?
- UK /ˈduː.ə/
- UK [ˈdʊu̯.ə]
- US /ˈdu.ɚ/
Doer has 2 syllables, split do·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-doer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with doer
Also written: do-er (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with doer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as doer from its last stressed vowel (/uəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rode, redo, dero, roed.
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 doer
- doers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
a doer of good
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who does:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | faiseur, faiseuse |
| German | Macher, Macherin |
| Portuguese | fazedor, fazedora |
| Spanish | hacedor, facedor, haciente (disused) |
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 doer come from?
From Middle English doer, doar, doere, from Old English dōere (“a doer; worker”), equivalent to do + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).