merganser
/mɚˈɡænsɚ/noun
merganser is spelled M-E-R-G-A-N-S-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, merganser means “Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of merganser is mergansers.
How many letters and syllables are in merganser?
| Letters | 9: M-E-R-G-A-N-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th 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; 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 merganser?
Merganser appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 merganser?
- UK /məˈɡænsə/
- US /mɚˈɡænsɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-merganser.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with merganser?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as merganser from its last stressed vowel (/ænsəɹ/):
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 merganser
- mergansers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does merganser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Merganser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense diving duck:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | harle |
| German | Säger, Sägetaucher, Gänsesäger, Dunkelsäger, Schuppensäger, Kappensäger |
| Portuguese | merganso |
| Spanish | serreta, serreta grande |
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 merganser come from?
From Late Latin merganser, from Latin mergus (“waterfowl, diver”), from mergō (“to dip, immerse”) + ānser (“goose”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).