loser
/luzɚ/noun
loser is spelled L-O-S-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loser means “A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loser is losers.
How many letters and syllables are in loser?
| Letters | 5: L-O-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,009th 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 loser?
Loser appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th 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 loser?
- /luːzə(ɹ)/
- US /luzɚ/
Loser 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-loser.wav, En-us-loser.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with loser?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as loser.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: soler, sorel.
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 loser
- losers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
In a two-horse race there is always one winner and one loser.
- 2
Something of poor quality.
- 3
A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
That guy is a born loser!
- 4
derogatoryA contemptible or unfashionable person.
- 5
One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
- 6
A losing proposition, one that is likely to lose or already has lost (such as a losing bet or, analogously, a predictably fruitless task or errand).
- 7
slangA person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.
He's a three-time loser doing twenty years.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Loser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | perdant, perdante , raté, tocard , minable |
| German | Verlierer, Verliererin , Verlierertyp, Versager, Loser |
| Portuguese | perdedor , fracassado, falhado |
| Spanish | perdedor , fracasado, pringado |
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 loser come from?
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).