scanner
scan·ner/ˈskænə/noun
scanner is spelled S-C-A-N-N-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (scan·ner). It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scanner means “One who scans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scanner is scanners.
How many letters and syllables are in scanner?
| Letters | 7: S-C-A-N-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: scan·ner |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 scanner?
Scanner appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 scanner?
- UK /ˈskænə/
- British /ˈskanə/
- /ˈskanəɾ/
Scanner has 2 syllables, split scan·ner in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scanner.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scanner?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scanner from its last stressed vowel (/ænə/, British pronunciation):
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 scanner
- scanners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scanner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who scans.
- 2
A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
- 3
A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.
- 4
A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
- 5
A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
- 6
A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scanner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense device which scans documents:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | scanneur, scanner, numériseur |
| German | Scanner, Abtaster |
| Portuguese | escâner, scâner, digitalizador |
| Spanish | escáner |
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 scanner come from?
From scan + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).