restrainer
re·strain·er/ɹɪˈstreɪnɚ/noun
restrainer is spelled R-E-S-T-R-A-I-N-E-R: 10 letters and 3 syllables (re·strain·er). It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, restrainer means “Something that restrains” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of restrainer is restrainers.
How many letters and syllables are in restrainer?
| Letters | 10: R-E-S-T-R-A-I-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·strain·er |
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th 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; 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 restrainer?
Restrainer appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 restrainer?
- US /ɹɪˈstreɪnɚ/
- UK /ɹɪˈstreɪnə/
Restrainer has 3 syllables, split re·strain·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-restrainer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with restrainer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as restrainer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnəɹ/):
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 restrainer
- restrainers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does restrainer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that restrains.
- 2
A chemical compound (such as potassium bromide), added to a developer to prevent fogging.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does restrainer come from?
From restrain + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).