hoarder
hoard·er/ˈhɔɹdɚ/noun
hoarder is spelled H-O-A-R-D-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (hoard·er). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hoarder means “One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hoarder is hoarders.
How many letters and syllables are in hoarder?
| Letters | 7: H-O-A-R-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hoard·er |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd 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 hoarder?
Hoarder appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 hoarder?
- US /ˈhɔɹdɚ/
- US /ˈhoɹdɚ/
- UK /ˈhɔːdə/
Hoarder has 2 syllables, split hoard·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-hoarder.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hoarder?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hoarder from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹdəɹ/):
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 hoarder
- hoarders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hoarder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hoarder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who hoards:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | collectionneur |
| German | Messie |
| Portuguese | acumulador |
| Spanish | acumulador, acumulador compulsivo, afecto del síndrome de Diógenes |
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 hoarder come from?
From Middle English horder, hordere (“a keeper of a store of goods”), from Old English hordere (“a treasurer, steward, chamberlain”), equivalent to hoard + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).