puffer
/ˈpʌfɚ/noun
puffer is spelled P-U-F-F-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, puffer means “Someone or something that puffs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of puffer is puffers.
How many letters and syllables are in puffer?
| Letters | 6: P-U-F-F-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th 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 puffer?
Puffer appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 puffer?
- US /ˈpʌfɚ/
- UK /ˈpʌfə/
Puffer 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-au-puffer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with puffer?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as puffer from its last stressed vowel (/ʌfəɹ/):
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 puffer
- puffers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puffer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone or something that puffs.
- 2
Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
- 3
A manually-operated inhaler.
- 4
datedA train; a locomotive, usually one that is steam-powered.
- 5
A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
- 6
slangA car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.
- 7
An insulated puffy jacket, such as a down jacket.
- 8
datedA person who gives exaggerated praise to a product, literary work, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Puffer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone or something that puffs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | soprador, pitador |
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 puffer come from?
From puff + -er. The cellular automata definition is a clipping of puffer train.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).