manufacturer
man·u·fac·tur·er/ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚɚ/noun
manufacturer is spelled M-A-N-U-F-A-C-T-U-R-E-R: 12 letters and 5 syllables (man·u·fac·tur·er). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, manufacturer means “A person or company that manufactures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of manufacturer is manufacturers.
How many letters and syllables are in manufacturer?
| Letters | 12: M-A-N-U-F-A-C-T-U-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: man·u·fac·tur·er |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is manufacturer?
Manufacturer appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 manufacturer?
- UK /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəɹə/
- US /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚɚ/
- US [ˌmɛənjəˈfækt͡ʃɚɚ]
Manufacturer has 5 syllables, split man·u·fac·tur·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-manufacturer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of manufacturer
- manufacturers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manufacturer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or company that manufactures.
The manufacturer produces parts for the car industry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate manufacturer?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of manufacturer: Mfr., mfger, mfr.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manufacturer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person or company that manufactures:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fabricant, fabricante |
| German | Hersteller, Herstellerin, Produzent, Produzentin, Erzeuger, Erzeugerin |
| Portuguese | fabricante |
| Spanish | fabricante, fabriquero, manufacturero |
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 manufacturer come from?
From manufacture + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).