listener
lis·ten·er/ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/noun
listener is spelled L-I-S-T-E-N-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (lis·ten·er). It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, listener means “Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of listener is listeners.
How many letters and syllables are in listener?
| Letters | 8: L-I-S-T-E-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: lis·ten·er |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th 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; 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 listener?
Listener appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th 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 listener?
- UK /ˈlɪsənə/
- UK /ˈlɪsnə/
- US /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/
Listener has 3 syllables, split lis·ten·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-listener.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with listener?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as listener (/ɪsnəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reenlist, relisten.
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 listener
- listeners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does listener mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
- 2
A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
- 3
slangA person's ear.
- 4
A musical anthology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Listener in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | auditeur, auditrice, écouteur, écouteuse |
| German | Zuhörer, Zuhörerin , Beobachter |
| Portuguese | ouvinte |
| Spanish | oyente, escucha, escuchador, escuchante |
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 listener come from?
From listen + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).