singer
/ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/noun
singer is spelled S-I-N-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, singer means “A person who sings, often professionally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of singer is singers.
How many letters and syllables are in singer?
| Letters | 6: S-I-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 33 times per million words; the 2,888th 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 singer?
Singer appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th 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 singer?
- UK /ˈsɪŋ.ə/
- US /ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/
- /ˈsɪn.ɡə/
As a noun (“A person who, or device which, singes”): /ˈsɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/.
Singer 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)-Back_ache-singer.wav, En-us-singer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with singer?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as singer from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: resign, signer.
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 singer
- singers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does singer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who sings, often professionally.
It's the singer, not the song.
- 2
dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
- 3
A person who, or device which, singes.
- 4
A machine for singeing cloth.
noun
- 1
A sewing machine of the Singer brand.
- 2
UKA motorcar from a former make of British motor car.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Singer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chanteur , chanteuse |
| German | Sänger, Sängerchen, Sängerlein , Sängerin |
| Portuguese | cantor , cantora |
| Spanish | cantante, cantor , cantora |
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 singer come from?
Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).