ner
/nɜː/interjection
ner is spelled N-E-R: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, ner means “An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ner?
| Letters | 3: N-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 ner?
Ner appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 ner?
- /nɜː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ner?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ner.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ren, ern.
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).
What does ner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
slangAn interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.
You're wrong, so ner!
noun
- 1
Initialism of named-entity recognition.
- 2
Initialism of neither employed nor retired.
See also: NEET
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an interjection:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nananère, nananananère, na |
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 ner come from?
Formed by onomatopoeia. The extended form is neener.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).