grader
/ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/noun
grader is spelled G-R-A-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grader means “A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grader is graders.
How many letters and syllables are in grader?
| Letters | 6: G-R-A-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th 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 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 grader?
Grader appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 grader?
- US /ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/
- UK /ˈɡɹeɪdə/
Grader 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)-Flame,_not_lame-grader.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grader?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grader from its last stressed vowel (/eɪdəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: regard.
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 grader
- graders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grader mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
- 2
A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
- 3
One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
the graders of a school examination
- 4
One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
a first-grader
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grader in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | niveleuse , correcteur |
| German | Strassenhobel |
| Portuguese | niveladora, patrola , corretor |
| Spanish | motoniveladora |
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 grader come from?
From grade + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).