provider
/pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/noun
provider is spelled P-R-O-V-I-D-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, provider means “One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of provider is providers.
How many letters and syllables are in provider?
| Letters | 8: P-R-O-V-I-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th 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 provider?
Provider appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 provider?
- UK /pɹəˈvaɪ.də(ɹ)/
- US /pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/
- Australia /pɹəˈvɑe.də(ɹ)/
Provider 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: En-us-provider.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with provider?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as provider from its last stressed vowel (/aɪdəɹ/):
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 provider
- providers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does provider mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Provider in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense provider:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fournisseur, fournisseuse |
| German | Versorger, Versorgerin, Anbieter, Anbieterin, Dienstleister, Dienstleisterin |
| Portuguese | fornecedor |
| Spanish | suministrador, proveedor |
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 provider come from?
From provide + -er. Since 15th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).