performer
/pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/noun
performer is spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-M-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, performer means “One who performs for, or entertains, an audience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of performer is performers.
How many letters and syllables are in performer?
| Letters | 9: P-E-R-F-O-R-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th 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 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 performer?
Performer appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th 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 performer?
- US /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/
- UK /pəˈfɔːmə/
Performer has 3 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-performer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with performer?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as performer from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹməɹ/):
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 performer
- performers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does performer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
- 2
One who performs or does anything.
the performer of an action
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Performer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense performer – see also actor, singer, musician:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | artiste, interprète, exécutant, exécutante |
| German | Interpret, Interpretin |
| Spanish | artista, ejecutor, ejecutora, intérprete, desempeñante |
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 performer come from?
From perform + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).