lifter
/ˈlɪftə/noun
lifter is spelled L-I-F-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lifter means “A weightlifter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lifter is lifters.
How many letters and syllables are in lifter?
| Letters | 6: L-I-F-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th 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 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 lifter?
Lifter appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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 lifter?
- UK /ˈlɪftə/
Lifter 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-lifter.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-lifter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lifter?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lifter (/ɪftə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: filter, trifle.
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 lifter
- lifters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lifter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A weightlifter.
heavy lifters
- 2
A tappet.
solid lifters
- 3
A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.
- 4
A spatula.
- 5
A thief.
an inveterate lifter
- 6
An ionocraft.
- 7
A filter that operates on a cepstrum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lifter come from?
From lift + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).