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serger

noun

serger is spelled S-E-R-G-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, serger means “A type of sewing machine designed to produce an overlock stitch and to cut the fabric as it stitches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of serger is sergers.

How many letters and syllables are in serger?

Letters6: S-E-R-G-E-R
In writingabout once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is serger?

Serger appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).

Forms of serger

  • sergers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does serger mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A type of sewing machine designed to produce an overlock stitch and to cut the fabric as it stitches.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does serger come from?

From serge + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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