leister
lei·ster/ˈlistɚ/noun, verb
leister is spelled L-E-I-S-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (lei·ster). It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, leister means “A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of leister is leisters.
How many letters and syllables are in leister?
| Letters | 7: L-E-I-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: lei·ster |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th 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; 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 leister?
Leister appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 leister?
- UK /ˈliːstə/
- US /ˈlistɚ/
Leister has 2 syllables, split lei·ster in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-leister.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with leister?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as leister from its last stressed vowel (/istəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sterile.
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 leister
- leisters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lister
- leistering participle, present
- leistered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leister mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon.
verb
- 1
To catch or spear (fish) with a leister.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Leister in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spear with barbed prongs for catching fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fischspeer |
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 leister come from?
From earlier leyster, lister, perhaps via Middle English *lēster, *līster, from Old Norse ljóstr (“leister”), from ljósta (“to smite, strike; to hit, strike (with an arrow or spear)”), from Proto-Germanic *leustaną (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew-s- (“to loosen (by knocking)”); the word is cognate with Danish lyster (“fish spear, gig, leister”), Icelandic ljósta (“to hit, strike”), Norwegian Bokmål lyster (dialectal Norwegian lioster), Swedish ljuster.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).