pesher
/ˈpɛʃ.ɚ/noun
pesher is spelled P-E-S-H-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pesher means “An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pesher is pesharim or peshers.
How many letters and syllables are in pesher?
| Letters | 6: P-E-S-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th 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; 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 pesher?
Pesher appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 pesher?
- UK /ˈpɛʃ.ə/
- US /ˈpɛʃ.ɚ/
Pesher has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pesher.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pesher?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pesher from its last stressed vowel (/ɛʃəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sphere, herpes.
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 pesher
- pesharim plural
- peshers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pesher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pesher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense interpretive commentary on scripture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Pescher |
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 pesher come from?
Transliteration of Hebrew פֵּשֶׁר (pēšer, “interpretation, solution”). Popularised after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).