dweller
/ˈdwɛlɚ/noun
dweller is spelled D-W-E-L-L-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dweller means “An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dweller is dwellers.
How many letters and syllables are in dweller?
| Letters | 7: D-W-E-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th 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 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 dweller?
Dweller appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 dweller?
- UK /ˈdwɛlə/
- US /ˈdwɛlɚ/
Dweller 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dweller.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dweller?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dweller from its last stressed vowel (/ɛləɹ/):
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 dweller
- dwellers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dweller mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
The new couple are apartment dwellers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dweller in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inhabitant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | morador |
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 dweller come from?
From Middle English dweller, equivalent to dwell + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).