player
play·er/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/noun
player is spelled P-L-A-Y-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (play·er). It appears 155 times per million words in written English, the 657th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, player means “One who plays any game or sport” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of player is players.
How many letters and syllables are in player?
| Letters | 6: P-L-A-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: play·er |
| In writing | 155 times per million words; the 657th 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 player?
Player appears 155 times per million words in written English, the 657th 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 player?
- UK /ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
Player has 2 syllables, split play·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-player.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with player?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as player from its last stressed vowel (/eɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: replay, pearly, parley.
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 player
- players plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does player mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who plays any game or sport.
He is a player for the Australian team.
- 2
An actor in a dramatic play.
- 3
One who plays on a musical instrument.
- 4
A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
He is an avid Minecraft player.
- 5
A gambler.
- 6
A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- 7
An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
- 8
A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Player in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | joueur, joueuse , acteur, actrice, comédien, comédienne |
| German | Spieler, Spielerin , Schauspieler |
| Portuguese | jogador, jogadora , ator , tocador, instrumentista |
| Spanish | jugador, jugadora , actor , instrumentista, tañedor |
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.