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kibitzer

/ˈkɪˈbɪtsɚ/noun

kibitzer is spelled K-I-B-I-T-Z-E-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kibitzer means “A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kibitzer is kibitzers.

How many letters and syllables are in kibitzer?

Letters8: K-I-B-I-T-Z-E-R
In writingabout once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 kibitzer?

Kibitzer appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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 kibitzer?

  • UK /ˈkɪbɪtsə/
  • US /ˈkɪˈbɪtsɚ/
  • US /ˈkɪbətsɚ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kibitzer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with kibitzer?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as kibitzer from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtsəɹ/):

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 kibitzer

  • kibitzers plural
  • kibbitzer

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does kibitzer mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.

    Did I ask you what you thought about my cards, you kibitzer?

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Kibitzer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense meddlesome person who tells others what to do:

LanguageWords
GermanKiebitz

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 kibitzer come from?

From kibitz + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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