fletcher
/ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/noun
fletcher is spelled F-L-E-T-C-H-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fletcher means “One who fletches or feathers arrows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fletcher is fletchers.
How many letters and syllables are in fletcher?
| Letters | 8: F-L-E-T-C-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is fletcher?
Fletcher appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th 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 fletcher?
- UK /ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
Fletcher 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: En-us-fletcher.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fletcher
- fletchers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fletcher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who fletches or feathers arrows.
- 2
A device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.
- 3
Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
- 4
UKdatedA weir or dam.
[…] the defendants cut down and lowered, and kept and continued so cut down and lowered, a part of the bank of the said river, situate and being between the mill of the defendants and the mill of the plaintiff, and on a part of the said ban
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fletcher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a manufacturer of bows and arrows:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Pfeilmacher, Bogenmacher |
| Spanish | flechero |
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 fletcher come from?
Inherited from Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier; equivalent to fletch + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).