poser
/ˈpoʊzɚ/noun
poser is spelled P-O-S-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, poser means “A particularly difficult question or puzzle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poser is posers.
How many letters and syllables are in poser?
| Letters | 5: P-O-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th 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 poser?
Poser appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 poser?
- UK /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈpoʊzɚ/
Poser 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: En-us-poser.ogg, En-au-poser.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with poser?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as poser from its last stressed vowel (/oʊzəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: prose, ropes, spore, soper, preso.
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 poser
- posers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA particularly difficult question or puzzle.
- 2
Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.
- 3
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
- 4
derogatoryslangA poseur (one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others); a fake fan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Poser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | knifflige Frage, harte Nuss, Knacknuss, verwirrende Frage , Fragender, Frager |
| French | colle |
| Spanish | posador |
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 poser come from?
From pose + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).