reefer
/ˈɹiːfɚ/noun
reefer is spelled R-E-E-F-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reefer means “Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reefer is reefers.
How many letters and syllables are in reefer?
| Letters | 6: R-E-E-F-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd 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 reefer?
Reefer appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 reefer?
- US /ˈɹiːfɚ/
- UK /ˈɹiːfə/
Reefer 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-US-reefer.wav, En-au-reefer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reefer?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as reefer from its last stressed vowel (/ifəɹ/):
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 reefer
- reefers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reefer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
- 2
A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
- 3
UScolloquialA refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
- 4
USa refrigerator car (type of boxcar).
- 5
datedslangA marijuana cigarette.
- 6
datedslangMarijuana.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reefer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense marijuana cigarette:
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 reefer come from?
From reef + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).