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filler

fil·ler/ˈfɪlɚ/noun

filler is spelled F-I-L-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (fil·ler). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, filler means “One who fills” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of filler is fillers or fillérs.

How many letters and syllables are in filler?

Letters6: F-I-L-L-E-R
Syllables2: fil·ler
In writing2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

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 filler?

Filler 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 filler?

  • UK /ˈfɪləː/
  • US /ˈfɪlɚ/

Filler has 2 syllables, split fil·ler in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-filler.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fillér.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fillér2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with filler?

8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as filler from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: refill.

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 filler

  • fillers plural
  • fillérs plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does filler mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who fills.

  2. 2

    Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.

  3. 3

    Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.

  4. 4

    A dermal filler, a substance injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume.

  5. 5

    A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics; a bulking agent.

  6. 6

    A short article in a newspaper or magazine.

  7. 7

    A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.

  8. 8

    Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.

noun

as fillér
  1. 1

    A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1 forint; only used in calculations since 2000 due to inflation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Filler in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchfiller (something added to fill a space)
GermanSpachtelmasse, Füllmasse (substance used to fill gaps, cracks, pores), Füllwort (any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in…)
Portuguesepreenchimento (a relatively inert ingredient added to modify…)
Spanishmuletilla, latiguillo, estribillo, bordón, bordoncillo, cantaleta (any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in…)

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 filler come from?

From fill + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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