fighter
/ˈfaɪtɚ/noun
fighter is spelled F-I-G-H-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fighter means “A person who fights; a combatant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fighter is fighters.
How many letters and syllables are in fighter?
| Letters | 7: F-I-G-H-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,153rd 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 fighter?
Fighter appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd 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 fighter?
- UK /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈfaɪtɚ/
- US [ˈfaɪ̯ɾɚ]
Fighter 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-fighter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fighter?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fighter from its last stressed vowel (/aɪtəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: freight, refight.
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 fighter
- fighters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fighter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who fights; a combatant.
- 2
A warrior; a fighting soldier.
- 3
A pugnacious, competitive person.
- 4
A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
- 5
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
- 6
A starfighter
- 7
A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- 8
colloquialA firefighter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fighter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | combattant, lutteur , guerrier , battant |
| German | Kämpfer , Krieger , Jäger, Jagdflugzeug |
| Portuguese | lutador, lutadora, combatente , guerreiro, guerreira |
| Spanish | guerrero, combatiente, luchador , caza |
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 fighter come from?
From Middle English fightere, feghtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).