girder
/ˈɡɝdɚ/noun
girder is spelled G-I-R-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, girder means “A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of girder is girders.
How many letters and syllables are in girder?
| Letters | 6: G-I-R-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 girder?
Girder appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 girder?
- UK /ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈɡɝdɚ/
Girder 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-girder.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with girder?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as girder from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdəɹ/):
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 girder
- girders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does girder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
- 2
One who girds; a satirist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Girder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense main horizontal support in a building:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poutrelle |
| German | Träger, Balken, Unterzug, Tragbalken, Binder |
| Portuguese | trave, viga |
| Spanish | viga, jácena |
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 girder come from?
From gird + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).