eater
/ˈiː.tɚ/noun
eater is spelled E-A-T-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eater means “A person or animal who eats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eater is eaters.
How many letters and syllables are in eater?
| Letters | 5: E-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th 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 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 eater?
Eater appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 eater?
- US /ˈiː.tɚ/
- US /ˈiː.ɾɚ/
- UK /ˈiː.tə/
Eater 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-eater.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with eater?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as eater from its last stressed vowel (/itəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: arete.
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 eater
- eaters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or animal who eats.
a very fussy eater
- 2
A fruit or other food that is suitable for eating, especially one that is intended to be eaten uncooked.
- 3
A configuration of cells that appears to consume another configuration by gradually causing it to disappear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who eats:
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 eater come from?
From Middle English eter, etere, etter, from Old English etere; equivalent to eat + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (food suitable for eating).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).