Ebenezer
/ɛbəˈnizɚ/noun
Ebenezer is spelled E-B-E-N-E-Z-E-R: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Ebenezer means “A chapel or meetinghouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Ebenezer is Ebenezers.
How many letters and syllables are in Ebenezer?
| Letters | 8: E-B-E-N-E-Z-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th 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 Ebenezer?
Ebenezer appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 Ebenezer?
- US /ɛbəˈnizɚ/
- UK /ɛbəˈniːzə/
Ebenezer has 4 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-Ebenezer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Ebenezer?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Ebenezer from its last stressed vowel (/izəɹ/):
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 Ebenezer
- Ebenezers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Ebenezer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A chapel or meetinghouse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Ebenezer come from?
From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).