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moder

mod·erUK /ˈmɒd.ə/obsolete

moder is spelled M-O-D-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (mod·er). It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a suffix, moder means “Forms nouns relating to a person who is presenting in a given manner regardless of their gender identity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in moder?

Letters5: M-O-D-E-R
Syllables2: mod·er
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Sounds like
Rhymes with
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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 moder?

Moder appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 moder?

  • UK /ˈmɒd.ə/
  • /ˈmɔːd.ə/
  • /ˈmɒd.ɐ/
  • UK /-moʊ.də/

Moder has 2 syllables, split mod·er in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-moder.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst--moder.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with moder

Sounds like: modder (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with moder?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as moder from its last stressed vowel (/ɒdə/, British pronunciation):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: drome.

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 moder

  • moders present, singular, he/she/it
  • modering participle, present
  • modered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does moder mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo moderate.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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