pater
/ˈpeɪtɚ/noun
pater is spelled P-A-T-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pater means “Father” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pater is paters.
How many letters and syllables are in pater?
| Letters | 5: P-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 pater?
Pater appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 pater?
- US /ˈpeɪtɚ/
- UK /ˈpeɪtə/
Pater 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-pater.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pater?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pater from its last stressed vowel (/eɪtəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: taper, peart, preta, prate, apert.
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 pater
- paters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Father.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pater come from?
Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).