faker
/ˈfeɪkɚ/noun, adjective
faker is spelled F-A-K-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, faker means “One who fakes something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of faker is fakers.
How many letters and syllables are in faker?
| Letters | 5: F-A-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 faker?
Faker appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 faker?
- US /ˈfeɪkɚ/
Faker 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-faker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with faker?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as faker from its last stressed vowel (/eɪkəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: freak.
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 faker
- fakers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does faker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who fakes something.
- 2
An impostor or impersonator.
- 3
A friendly unit (usually aircraft) that acts as a hostile unit in a military exercise.
- 4
obsoleteA thief.
- 5
obsoleteA peddler of petty things.
- 6
A snake oil salesman; one who makes exaggerated claims about a product he sells.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of fake: more fake.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does faker come from?
From fake + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).