pager
pag·er/peɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/noun
pager is spelled P-A-G-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (pag·er). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pager means “A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pager is pagers.
How many letters and syllables are in pager?
| Letters | 5: P-A-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pag·er |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 pager?
Pager appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 pager?
- /peɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
Pager has 2 syllables, split pag·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-pager.wav, En-us-pager.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pager?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pager.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grape, gaper.
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 pager
- pagers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pager mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
- 2
A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
- 3
Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.
- 4
One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate pager?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of pager: P.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pager in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense device:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bip, téléavertisseur, pager, bipeur |
| German | Piepser, Taschenpiepser, Rufgerät, Pager, Funkmeldeempfänger, FME |
| Portuguese | pager |
| Spanish | buscapersonas, busca, mensáfono |
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 pager come from?
From page + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 3).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).