malter
/ˈmɔl.tɚ/noun
malter is spelled M-A-L-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, malter means “A person who makes malt; a maltster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of malter is malters.
How many letters and syllables are in malter?
| Letters | 6: M-A-L-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 malter?
Malter appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 malter?
- UK /ˈmɒltə/
- UK /ˈmɔːltə/
- US /ˈmɔl.tɚ/
Malter 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).
What rhymes with malter?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as malter from its last stressed vowel (/ɔltəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: martel, armlet, tramel.
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 malter
- malters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does malter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedA person who makes malt; a maltster.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does malter come from?
From Middle English maltare, malter, maltar; equivalent to malt + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).