fouler
/ˈfaʊl.ɚ/noun, adjective
fouler is a noun meaning “One who fouls” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-L-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fouler is foulers.
What does fouler mean?
noun
- 1
One who fouls.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of foul: more foul
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fouler?
- UK /ˈfaʊl.ə/
- US /ˈfaʊl.ɚ/
Fouler has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fouler.ogg, En-uk-fouler.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fouler
- foulers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fouler?
Fouler appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).
Words people confuse with fouler
Sounds like: fowler (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does fouler come from?
From foul + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).