folder
/ˈfoʊldɚ/noun
folder is spelled F-O-L-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, folder means “An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of folder is folders.
How many letters and syllables are in folder?
| Letters | 6: F-O-L-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th 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 folder?
Folder appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 folder?
- US /ˈfoʊldɚ/
- UK /ˈfəʊldə/
Folder 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-folder.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with folder?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as folder from its last stressed vowel (/oʊldəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: refold.
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 folder
- folders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does folder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.
- 2
A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.
My essays are in the folder named "Schoolwork".
- 3
A machine or person that folds things.
- 4
A folding knife, typically a folding pocketknife.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Folder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dossier, chemise, classeur , répertoire , plieur |
| German | Ordner, Mappe , Verzeichnis |
| Portuguese | pasta , diretório, diretoria , dobrador |
| Spanish | carpeta, fólder, folder , doblador, dobladora |
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 folder come from?
From fold + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).