shaver
/ˈʃeɪvɚ/noun
shaver is spelled S-H-A-V-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shaver means “One who shaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shaver is shavers.
How many letters and syllables are in shaver?
| Letters | 6: S-H-A-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th 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 shaver?
Shaver appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 shaver?
- UK /ˈʃeɪvə/
- US /ˈʃeɪvɚ/
Shaver 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-shaver.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shaver?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shaver from its last stressed vowel (/eɪvəɹ/):
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 shaver
- shavers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shaver mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who shaves.
- 2
A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
- 3
A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
- 4
obsoleteslangAn extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
- 5
One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
- 6
colloquialA boy; a lad; a little fellow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shaver in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense electric razor:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rasoir, rasoir électrique |
| German | Rasierapparat, Elektrorasierer |
| Portuguese | barbeador, barbeador elétrico |
| Spanish | maquinilla de afeitar, máquina de afeitar, afeitadora |
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 shaver come from?
From Middle English schaver; equivalent to shave + -er. In its meaning of a boy, lad, recorded since 1592, the word shaver has also been postulated to derive from Romani chavo (“young man”), which also gives us the modern slang chav, ultimately derived from Sanskrit छा (chā, “young animal”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).