melter
noun
melter is spelled M-E-L-T-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, melter means “A person or thing that melts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of melter is melters.
How many letters and syllables are in melter?
| Letters | 6: M-E-L-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th 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 melter?
Melter appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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).
Forms of melter
- melters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does melter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or thing that melts.
- 2
A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry.
- 3
A laborer who operates such a furnace.
- 4
A variety of peach in which the flesh parts freely from the stone when ripe, also known as a free-stone.
- 5
obsoleteObsolete spelling of milter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Melter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schmelzer , Schmelzofen , Schmelzerin |
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 melter come from?
From melt + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).