fodder
fod·der/ˈfɒdə/noun, verb
fodder is spelled F-O-D-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (fod·der). It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fodder means “Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fodder is fodders.
How many letters and syllables are in fodder?
| Letters | 6: F-O-D-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fod·der |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th 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 fodder?
Fodder appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th 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 fodder?
- UK /ˈfɒdə/
- British /ˈfɔdə/
- /ˈfɒdə/
Fodder has 2 syllables, split fod·der in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fodder.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fodder?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fodder from its last stressed vowel (/ɒdə/, British pronunciation):
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 fodder
- fodders plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- foddering participle, present
- foddered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fodder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
- 2
A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
- 3
slangTracing paper.
- 4
Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
- 5
The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
- 6
People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.
Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.
verb
- 1
To feed animals (with fodder).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fodder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense food for animals:
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 fodder come from?
From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).