gatherer
noun
gatherer is spelled G-A-T-H-E-R-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gatherer means “A person who gathers things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gatherer is gatherers.
How many letters and syllables are in gatherer?
| Letters | 8: G-A-T-H-E-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th 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 gatherer?
Gatherer appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 gatherer?
- US
Gatherer 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)-Flame,_not_lame-gatherer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gatherer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gatherer.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: regather.
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 gatherer
- gatherers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gatherer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who gathers things.
- 2
A person who primarily gathers in a hunter-gatherer social system.
- 3
A person who collects rent or taxes.
- 4
An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
- 5
A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gatherer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who gathers things:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cueilleur, glaneur, glaneuse, ramasseur, ramasseuse |
| German | Sammler |
| Portuguese | coletor |
| Spanish | recolector |
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 gatherer come from?
From Middle English gaderere, gaderare, equivalent to gather + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).