halter
/ˈhɔltɚ/noun, verb
halter is spelled H-A-L-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, halter means “A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of halter is halters or halteres.
How many letters and syllables are in halter?
| Letters | 6: H-A-L-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th 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 halter?
Halter appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 halter?
- US /ˈhɔltɚ/
- UK /ˈhɒltə/
- UK /ˈhɔːltə/
Halter 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-halter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with halter?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as halter from its last stressed vowel (/ɔltəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lather, thaler.
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 halter
- halters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- haltering participle, present
- haltered participle, past
- halteres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does halter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
- 2
A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
- 3
A halter top.
- 4
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- 5
Alternative form of haltere.
verb
- 1
To place a halter on.
What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Halter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense animal's headgear:
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 halter come from?
From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā (“harness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), equivalent to half- + -ter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).