parser
/ˈpɑɹ.sɚ/noun
parser is spelled P-A-R-S-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. 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, parser means “A computer program that parses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parser is parsers.
How many letters and syllables are in parser?
| Letters | 6: P-A-R-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| 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 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 parser?
Parser 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 parser?
- UK /ˈpɑː(ɹ).zə/
- UK /ˈpɑː(ɹ).sə/
- US /ˈpɑɹ.sɚ/
Parser 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-parser.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parser?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as parser (/ɑɹsəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sparer.
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 parser
- parsers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A computer program that parses.
- 2
One who parses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computer program:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | analyseur |
| German | Parser, Zerteiler, Syntaxanalysierer |
| Portuguese | parser |
| Spanish | escrutador |
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 parser come from?
From parse + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).