shredder
/ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/noun
shredder is spelled S-H-R-E-D-D-E-R: 8 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, shredder means “One who shreds or tears something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shredder is shredders.
How many letters and syllables are in shredder?
| Letters | 8: S-H-R-E-D-D-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 |
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).
How common is shredder?
Shredder 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 shredder?
- /ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/
Shredder 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-us-shredder.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shredder
- shredders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shredder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who shreds or tears something.
- 2
A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.
- 3
A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.
- 4
slangSomeone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
- 5
One who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shredder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense machine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | broyeur, déchiqueteuse, choucrouteuse |
| German | Schredder, Reißwolf, Aktenvernichter |
| Portuguese | triturador, fragmentadora |
| Spanish | trituradora, desfibradora, ralladora |
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 shredder come from?
From shred + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).