longer
/ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/noun, adjective, adverb
longer is spelled L-O-N-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 145 times per million words in written English, the 711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, longer means “One who longs or yearns for something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of longer is longers.
How many letters and syllables are in longer?
| Letters | 6: L-O-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 145 times per million words; the 711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 longer?
Longer appears 145 times per million words in written English, the 711th 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 longer?
- UK /ˈlɒŋ.ə/
- US /ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/
- /ˈlɑŋ.ɚ/
As an adjective: /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/, /ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/, /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/.
Longer 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: En-us-longer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with longer?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as longer from its last stressed vowel (/ɔŋəɹ/):
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 longer
- longers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does longer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who longs or yearns for something.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of long: more long
adverb
- 1
comparative form of long: more long
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does longer come from?
From long (“yearn”) + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).