fryer
noun
fryer is spelled F-R-Y-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fryer means “A machine or container for frying food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fryer is fryers.
How many letters and syllables are in fryer?
| Letters | 5: F-R-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th 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 fryer?
Fryer appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 fryer?
Fryer 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fryer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fryer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as fryer.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ferry.
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 fryer
- fryers plural
- frier
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fryer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A machine or container for frying food.
He learned to work the fryer as part of becoming a competent cook for a commercial kitchen.
- 2
A fish suitable for frying.
- 3
A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet or cockerel.
[…] it also had a yellow beak. Which meant it wasn't a layer anymore and was okay to eat. Nowadays we get yellow-legged fryers.
- 4
One who fries.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fryer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A container for frying food:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | fritadeira |
| Spanish | freidora |
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 fryer come from?
From fry + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).