sender
sen·der/ˈsɛndəː/noun
sender is spelled S-E-N-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sen·der). It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sender means “Someone who sends” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sender is senders.
How many letters and syllables are in sender?
| Letters | 6: S-E-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sen·der |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 sender?
Sender appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 sender?
- UK /ˈsɛndəː/
- UK [ˈsɛndəː]
- Australia /ˈsendəː/
Sender has 2 syllables, split sen·der in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sender.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sender?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sender from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: resend.
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 sender
- senders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sender mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who sends.
The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.
- 2
A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sender in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who sends:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | expéditeur, expéditrice |
| German | Absender, Absenderin, Sender, Senderin |
| Portuguese | enviador, remetente |
| Spanish | remitente, expedidor |
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 sender come from?
From send + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).