razor
ra·zor/ˈɹeɪzɚ/noun, verb
razor is spelled R-A-Z-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ra·zor). It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “razer vs razor” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, razor means “A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of razor is razors.
How many letters and syllables are in razor?
| Letters | 5: R-A-Z-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ra·zor |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is razor?
Razor appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 razor?
- UK /ˈɹeɪzə/
- US /ˈɹeɪzɚ/
Razor has 2 syllables, split ra·zor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-razor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with razor
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with razor?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as razor from its last stressed vowel (/eɪzəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: arroz.
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 razor
- razors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- razoring participle, present
- razored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does razor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
- 2
Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.
- 3
The sharp tusk of a wild boar.
- 4
A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.
Occam's razor, Hanlon's razor
verb
- 1
To shave with a razor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Razor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rasoir |
| German | Rasiermesser, Rasierapparat, Rasierer |
| Portuguese | navalha , gilete , presa |
| Spanish | navaja, yen , razuradora, cuchilla, gillette (yilet), maquinilla (de afeitar) |
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 razor come from?
From Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from raser (“to scrape, to shave”). More at rat. By surface analysis, raze + -or. Displaced the native Old English sċierseax (literally “shaving knife”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).