percenter
/pɚˈsɛn.tɚ/noun
percenter is spelled P-E-R-C-E-N-T-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, percenter means “A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of percenter is percenters.
How many letters and syllables are in percenter?
| Letters | 9: P-E-R-C-E-N-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 percenter?
Percenter appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 percenter?
- UK /pəˈsɛn.tə/
- US /pɚˈsɛn.tɚ/
- Australia /pəˈsen.tə/
Percenter has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-percenter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with percenter?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as percenter from its last stressed vowel (/ɛntəɹ/):
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 percenter
- percenters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does percenter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population.
- 2
slangAn agent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does percenter come from?
From percent + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (informal entertainment suffix); the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).