forester
noun
forester is spelled F-O-R-E-S-T-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, forester means “A person who practices forestry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of forester is foresters.
How many letters and syllables are in forester?
| Letters | 8: F-O-R-E-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 forester?
Forester appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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 forester?
Forester 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-forester.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with forester?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as forester.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reforest.
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 forester
- foresters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does forester mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who practices forestry.
- 2
colloquialobsoleteA person who lives in a forest.
- 3
AustraliaAny of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.
- 4
A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
- 5
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Lethe, Euphaedra and Harmilla.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forester in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person practicing forestry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | forestier, forestière, sylviculteur, sylvicultrice |
| German | Förster, Försterin |
| Portuguese | silvicultor |
| Spanish | silvicultor, silvicultora |
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 forester come from?
Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest + -ier; equivalent to forest + -er. Displaced native Old English wuduweard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).