gleaner
noun
gleaner is spelled G-L-E-A-N-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gleaner means “One who gleans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gleaner is gleaners.
How many letters and syllables are in gleaner?
| Letters | 7: G-L-E-A-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th 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 gleaner?
Gleaner appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th 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 gleaner?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-gleaner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gleaner?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gleaner.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: general, enlarge.
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 gleaner
- gleaners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gleaner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who gleans.
- 2
slangA person who focuses on self-improvement while in prison.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gleaner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who gleans:
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 gleaner come from?
From Middle English glenar, glenere, equivalent to glean + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).