scorer
noun
scorer is spelled S-C-O-R-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scorer means “One who scores” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scorer is scorers.
How many letters and syllables are in scorer?
| Letters | 6: S-C-O-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 scorer?
Scorer appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 scorer?
- Australia
Scorer 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: En-au-scorer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scorer
- scorers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scorer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who scores.
Alan Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top scorer title three times..
- 2
One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.
The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
- 3
Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scorer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who scores:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | buteur, buteuse, scoreur |
| German | Torschütze |
| Spanish | pichichi, goleador |
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 scorer come from?
From score + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).