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renter

noun, verb

renter is spelled R-E-N-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, renter means “One who rents property or other goods from another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of renter is renters.

How many letters and syllables are in renter?

Letters6: R-E-N-T-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th 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 renter?

Renter appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 renter?

Renter 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-renter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of renter

  • renters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • rentering participle, present
  • rentered participle, past

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

What does renter mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    One who rents property or other goods from another.

  2. 2

    One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.

  3. 3

    UKslang(Synonym of rent boy) Male prostitute.

  4. 4

    informalA film worth renting, but not possibly worth visiting a cinema to see.

verb

  1. 1

    To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.

  2. 2

    To restore the original design of (a tapestry) by working in new warp.

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

Where does renter come from?

From rent + -er.

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

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