scrubber
/ˈskɹʌbɚ/noun
scrubber is spelled S-C-R-U-B-B-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scrubber means “A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scrubber is scrubbers.
How many letters and syllables are in scrubber?
| Letters | 8: S-C-R-U-B-B-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th 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 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 scrubber?
Scrubber appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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 scrubber?
- UK /ˈskɹʌbə/
- US /ˈskɹʌbɚ/
- Australia /ˈskɹɐbə/
Scrubber 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-scrubber.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scrubber?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scrubber from its last stressed vowel (/ʌbəɹ/):
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 scrubber
- scrubbers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scrubber mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
- 2
A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks.
- 3
A device that removes impurities from gases.
- 4
A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
- 5
CommonwealthAn animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
- 6
AustraliaSomeone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
- 7
IrelandUKslangA prostitute or a slovenly woman.
- 8
IrelandUKslangA dirty or unhygienic person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scrubber come from?
From scrub + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).