gater
noun
gater is spelled G-A-T-E-R: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gater means “A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gater is gaters.
How many letters and syllables are in gater?
| Letters | 5: G-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th 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; 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 gater?
Gater appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th 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).
What rhymes with gater?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gater.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: great, grate, targe.
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 gater
- gaters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use.
With more clock buffers instead of gaters in the clock distribution, the power is significantly reduced based on Table 4-4.
- 2
A component of a neural network that determines the probability that each member of a set of predictors will be selected.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of 'Gater.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gater come from?
From gate + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).