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follower

UK /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/noun

follower is spelled F-O-L-L-O-W-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, follower means “One who follows, comes after another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of follower is followers.

How many letters and syllables are in follower?

Letters8: F-O-L-L-O-W-E-R
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 follower?

Follower appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 follower?

  • UK /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/

Follower has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-follower.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of follower

  • followers plural

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

What does follower mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    One who follows, comes after another.

  2. 2

    Something that comes after another thing.

  3. 3

    One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.

  4. 4

    One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.

  5. 5

    An imitator, who follows another's example.

  6. 6

    A pursuer.

  7. 7

    An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.

    I have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.

  8. 8

    A machine part receiving motion from another.

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

Follower in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanNachfolger, Nachfolgerin (one who follows), Anhänger (one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or…), Follower (internet: social media consumer)
Portugueseseguidor (one who follows), seguidora (one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or…), sequência (thing that comes after another thing)
Spanishseguidor (one who follows), seguidora (one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or…), imitador (imitator)
Frenchdisciple (one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or…), follower, abonné, abonnée (internet: social media consumer)

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 follower come from?

From Middle English folwer, folwere, folewer, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.

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

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