shearer
/ˈʃɪɹɚ/noun
shearer is spelled S-H-E-A-R-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shearer means “A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shearer is shearers.
How many letters and syllables are in shearer?
| Letters | 7: S-H-E-A-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th 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 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 shearer?
Shearer appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 shearer?
- UK /ˈʃɪəɹə/
- US /ˈʃɪɹɚ/
- US /ˈʃɪəɹə(ɹ)/
Shearer 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shearer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shearer?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shearer from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reshare.
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 shearer
- shearers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shearer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
- 2
A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
- 3
A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shearer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person employed to remove the wool from sheep:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tondeur |
| Spanish | esquilador |
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 shearer come from?
From shear + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).