passer
/ˈpæsəɹ/noun
passer is spelled P-A-S-S-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, passer means “One who succeeds in passing a test, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of passer is passers.
How many letters and syllables are in passer?
| Letters | 6: P-A-S-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 passer?
Passer appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 passer?
- UK /ˈpɑːsə/
- US /ˈpæsəɹ/
Passer 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)-Vealhurl-passer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with passer?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as passer from its last stressed vowel (/æsəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sparse, repass.
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 passer
- passers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does passer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- 2
One who passes something along; a distributor.
a passer of counterfeit banknotes
- 3
Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- 4
A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- 5
informalA passed pawn.
- 6
archaicOne who passes; a passer-by.
- 7
One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Passer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sports:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Passer m Passgeber |
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 passer come from?
From pass + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).