saucer
/ˈsɔsɚ/noun, verb
saucer is spelled S-A-U-C-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saucer means “A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saucer is saucers.
How many letters and syllables are in saucer?
| Letters | 6: S-A-U-C-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 saucer?
Saucer appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 saucer?
- UK /ˈsɔːsə/
- British /ˈsoːsə/
- US /ˈsɔsɚ/
Saucer 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-saucer.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-saucer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with saucer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as saucer (/ɔsəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: causer.
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 saucer
- saucers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- saucering participle, present
- saucered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saucer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- 2
An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.
- 3
A circular sled without runners.
- 4
obsoleteA small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
- 5
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- 6
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
verb
- 1
To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
- 2
Of the eyes: to become large and round.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Saucer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small dish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | soucoupe, sous-tasse |
| German | Untertasse |
| Portuguese | pires |
| Spanish | platillo, mancerina |
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 saucer come from?
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).