remainder
/ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/noun, adjective, verb
remainder is spelled R-E-M-A-I-N-D-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, remainder means “A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of remainder is remainders.
How many letters and syllables are in remainder?
| Letters | 9: R-E-M-A-I-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 remainder?
Remainder appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th 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 remainder?
- UK /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/
- UK /ɹəˈmeɪndə/
- US /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/
Remainder 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). Recordings: En-us-remainder.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of remainder
- remainders plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- remainer
- remaindering participle, present
- remaindered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does remainder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.
- 2
The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.
17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.
- 3
The number left over after a simple subtraction
10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6
- 4
Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.
- 5
An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
adjective
- 1
Remaining.
verb
- 1
To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Remainder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | reste |
| German | Rest , Teilungsrest , Restposten , runtersetzen |
| Portuguese | resto, sobra, restante, resquício, resíduo |
| Spanish | resto, remanente, sobras, restante, residuo, resquicio (Lat. Am.) |
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 remainder come from?
From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).