muffler
/ˈmʌflɚ/noun
muffler is spelled M-U-F-F-L-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muffler means “A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muffler is mufflers.
How many letters and syllables are in muffler?
| Letters | 7: M-U-F-F-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th 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 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 muffler?
Muffler appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 muffler?
- US /ˈmʌflɚ/
Muffler 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). Recordings: En-us-muffler.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with muffler?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as muffler from its last stressed vowel (/ʌfləɹ/):
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 muffler
- mufflers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does muffler mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USA part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
Holonym: exhaust system
- 2
An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
- 3
A type of scarf.
- 4
rareslangA gas mask.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Muffler in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of exhaust pipe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pot d'échappement, silencieux d'échappement |
| German | Schalldämpfer |
| Portuguese | silencioso, silenciador |
| Spanish | silenciador, silencioso, muffler, mófler, mofle, mufle |
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 muffler come from?
From muffle + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).