laser
/ˈleɪzɚ/noun, verb
laser is spelled L-A-S-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, laser means “A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of laser is lasers.
How many letters and syllables are in laser?
| Letters | 5: L-A-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st 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 laser?
Laser appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 laser?
- UK /ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈleɪzɚ/
As a noun (“A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants”): /ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/.
Laser 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-laser.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with laser?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as laser from its last stressed vowel (/eɪzəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lares, rales, seral, saler.
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 laser
- lasers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lasering participle, present
- lasered participle, past
- lasar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does laser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
- 2
A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
- 3
A laser printer.
- 4
Ellipsis of laser hair removal.
I've still got a few more sessions of laser to get rid of the rest of my facial hair.
- 5
A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
- 6
Such a plant.
verb
- 1
To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.
I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.
- 2
informalTo throw or kick with laser-like precision.
- 3
To point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.
noun
- 1
A simple type of dinghy
noun
- 1
Acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Laser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense device producing beam of light:
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.