gamer
gam·er/ˈɡeɪ̯mə/noun, adjective
gamer is spelled G-A-M-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (gam·er). It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gamer means “A person who plays any kind of game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gamer is gamers.
How many letters and syllables are in gamer?
| Letters | 5: G-A-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: gam·er |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th 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; 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 gamer?
Gamer appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 gamer?
- UK /ˈɡeɪ̯mə/
- UK [ˈɡeɪ̯mə]
- Australia /ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mə/
Gamer has 2 syllables, split gam·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-gamer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gamer?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gamer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪmə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: marge.
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 gamer
- gamers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gamer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who plays any kind of game.
[…] any dice-player, carder, tennis player, or other unlawful gamer.
- 2
A person whose hobby is video games.
- 3
A person who games the system.
Near-synonym: gamesman
- 4
obsoleteA gambler.
The gamer is farther from restoration even than the drunkard, because what he does he does in the light of sobriety and reason.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of game: more game
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gamer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who plays video games:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | joueur (de jeu vidéo) |
| German | Spieler, Spielerin, Gamer |
| Portuguese | gamer, videojogador, videojogadora, jogador, jogadora |
| Spanish | videojugador, videojugadora, jugón, jugona |
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 gamer come from?
From Middle English gamer, attested since before 1450 as a common noun and possibly since 1248 in the name of one Johannes le Gamer. Equivalent to game (noun) + -er (occupational suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).