growler
/ˈɡɹaʊlɚ/noun
growler is spelled G-R-O-W-L-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, growler means “A person, creature or thing that growls” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of growler is growlers.
How many letters and syllables are in growler?
| Letters | 7: G-R-O-W-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th 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; 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 growler?
Growler appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 growler?
- UK /ˈɡɹaʊlə/
- US /ˈɡɹaʊlɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_growler.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with growler?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as growler from its last stressed vowel (/aʊləɹ/):
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 growler
- growlers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does growler mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person, creature or thing that growls.
- 2
slangA horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
- 3
A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
- 4
AustraliaCanadaUSinformalA kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.
- 5
UKA pork pie.
- 6
UKslangThe vulva.
- 7
USA fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
- 8
A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.
Includes voltmeters, ammeters, circuit testers, armature tester (external growler), field tester, (internal growler), coil and condenser tester, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does growler come from?
From growl + -er. Sense "jug" is 19th century American slang, of uncertain origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).