reader
read·er/ˈɹi.dɚ/noun
reader is spelled R-E-A-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (read·er). It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 4,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reader means “A person who reads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reader is readers.
How many letters and syllables are in reader?
| Letters | 6: R-E-A-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: read·er |
| In writing | 22 times per million words; the 4,015th 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 reader?
Reader appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 4,015th 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 reader?
- US /ˈɹi.dɚ/
- UK /ˈɹiː.də/
- /ˈɹiː.dɐ/
Reader has 2 syllables, split read·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-reader.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reader?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as reader from its last stressed vowel (/idəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reread, redear.
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 reader
- readers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reader mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who reads.
an early reader, a talented reader
- 2
A person who reads a publication.
10,000 weekly readers
- 3
A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- 4
A proofreader.
- 5
A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
- 6
A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
- 7
UKA university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- 8
Any device that reads something.
a card reader, a microfilm reader
noun
- 1
Alternative form of reader (“a lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reader in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lecteur, lectrice |
| German | Leser, Leserin , Vorleser, Vorleserin , Verlagslektor, Lektor |
| Portuguese | leitor, leitora , antologia |
| Spanish | lector, lectora |
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 reader come from?
From Middle English reder, redar, redere, redare, from Old English rēdere, rǣdere (“a reader; scholar; diviner”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādāri, equivalent to read + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Räider (“advisor”), Dutch rader (“advisor”), German Rater (“advisor”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).