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recliner

noun

recliner is spelled R-E-C-L-I-N-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, recliner means “One who, or that which, reclines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of recliner is recliners.

How many letters and syllables are in recliner?

Letters8: R-E-C-L-I-N-E-R
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is recliner?

Recliner appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 recliner?

    Recliner 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).

    Forms of recliner

    • recliners plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does recliner mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      One who, or that which, reclines.

    2. 2

      A chair hinged so that the back can be reclined for comfort.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Recliner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense hinged chair:

    LanguageWords
    GermanLiegesessel, Fernsehsessel, Relaxsessel
    Spanishtumbona, reposera

    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 recliner come from?

    From recline + -er.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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