sifter
/ˈsɪftɚ/noun
sifter is spelled S-I-F-T-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sifter means “A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sifter is sifters.
How many letters and syllables are in sifter?
| Letters | 6: S-I-F-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd 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 sifter?
Sifter appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 sifter?
- US /ˈsɪftɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sifter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sifter?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sifter from its last stressed vowel (/ɪftəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: strife, fister.
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 sifter
- sifters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sifter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
Near-synonym: sieve
- 2
rareOne who sifts.
He was employed as a sifter.
- 3
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sifter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 sifter come from?
From sift + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).