iter
/ˈaɪtə(ɹ)/obsolete
iter is spelled I-T-E-R: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, iter means “Abbreviation of iterative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of iter is iters.
How many letters and syllables are in iter?
| Letters | 4: I-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd 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 iter?
Iter appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 iter?
- /ˈaɪtə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-iter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with iter?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as iter.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tier, tire, rite, reit, trie.
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).
What does iter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does iter come from?
Borrowed from Latin iter (“passage”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).