riveter
/ˈɹɪvətɚ/noun
riveter is spelled R-I-V-E-T-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, riveter means “A person whose job is to rivet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of riveter is riveters.
How many letters and syllables are in riveter?
| Letters | 7: R-I-V-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is riveter?
Riveter appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st 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 riveter?
- UK /ˈɹɪvətə/
- US /ˈɹɪvətɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-riveter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of riveter
- riveters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does riveter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person whose job is to rivet.
- 2
A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also incl
Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda.
- 3
A tool used to fix rivets.
The riveter required a compressed air supply.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Riveter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | riveteur , pince à riveter |
| Spanish | remachador, remachadora |
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 riveter come from?
From rivet + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).