employer
em·ploy·er/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/noun
employer is spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (em·ploy·er). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, employer means “A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of employer is employers.
How many letters and syllables are in employer?
| Letters | 8: E-M-P-L-O-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: em·ploy·er |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,934th 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; 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 employer?
Employer appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th 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 employer?
- UK /ɪmˈplɔɪə/
- UK /ɛmˈplɔɪə/
- US /ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
Employer has 3 syllables, split em·ploy·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-employer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with employer?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as employer from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪəɹ/):
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 employer
- employers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does employer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate employer?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of employer: Emp'r.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Employer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person or entity which employs others:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | employeur, employeuse |
| German | Arbeitgeber, Arbeitgeberin |
| Portuguese | empregador, empregadora |
| Spanish | empleador, empleadora |
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 employer come from?
From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).