printer
print·er/ˈpɹɪntɚ/noun
printer is spelled P-R-I-N-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (print·er). It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, printer means “One who makes prints” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of printer is printers.
How many letters and syllables are in printer?
| Letters | 7: P-R-I-N-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: print·er |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th 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 printer?
Printer appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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 printer?
- UK /ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈpɹɪntɚ/
- US /ˈpɹɪnɚ/
Printer has 2 syllables, split print·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-printer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with printer?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as printer from its last stressed vowel (/ɪntəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reprint.
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 printer
- printers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does printer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who makes prints.
- 2
The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
- 3
A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate printer?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of printer: prntr., prtr..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Printer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imprimeur, imprimeuse , imprimante |
| German | Drucker, Druckerin |
| Portuguese | impressor , impressora , gráfico |
| Spanish | impresor , impresora |
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 printer come from?
From print + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).