fiver
/ˈfaɪvɚ/noun
fiver is spelled F-I-V-E-R: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fiver means “A banknote with a value of five units of currency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fiver is fivers.
How many letters and syllables are in fiver?
| Letters | 5: F-I-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th 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 fiver?
Fiver appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 fiver?
- US /ˈfaɪvɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fiver.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fiver?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fiver from its last stressed vowel (/aɪvəɹ/):
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 fiver
- fivers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fiver mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA banknote with a value of five units of currency.
Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.
- 2
slangThe value in money that this represents.
I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.
- 3
colloquialA clenched fist.
- 4
A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
- 5
A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
- 6
A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).
noun
- 1
A Zaidi Shi'a Muslim.
(the Zaydis, or Fivers, were the first subset to break away from larger Shi’ism, and traditionally elected an imam from among the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad as their leader).
- 2
slangA fan of the American science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fiver in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense banknote:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fünfer |
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 fiver come from?
From five + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (“supporter”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).