lager
/ˈlɑɡɚ/noun, verb
lager is spelled L-A-G-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lager means “A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lager is lagers.
How many letters and syllables are in lager?
| Letters | 5: L-A-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 lager?
Lager appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 lager?
- UK /ˈlɑːɡə/
- US /ˈlɑɡɚ/
Lager 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: En-au-lager.ogg, En-us-lager.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lager
Sounds like: laager, logger (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lager?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lager from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: large, glare, regal.
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 lager
- lagers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lagering participle, present
- lagered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lager mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
- 2
Alternative spelling of laager.
verb
- 1
To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
- 2
Alternative spelling of laager.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lager in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of beer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Lager |
| Portuguese | lager |
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 lager come from?
From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).