liter
li·ter/ˈli.tɚ/noun
liter is spelled L-I-T-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (li·ter). It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “liter vs litre” about 590 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, liter means “Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of liter is liters.
How many letters and syllables are in liter?
| Letters | 5: L-I-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: li·ter |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is liter?
Liter appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 liter?
- UK /ˈliː.tə/
- US /ˈli.tɚ/
- US [ˈli.ɾɚ]
Liter has 2 syllables, split li·ter in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-liter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with liter
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: litre (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with liter?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as liter from its last stressed vowel (/itəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: litre, tiler.
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 liter
- liters plural
- lit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does liter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAlternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate liter?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of liter: lit..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does liter come from?
From the Old French litron. A hoax etymology of the fictional Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre has been reproduced as legitimate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).