sinner
sin·ner/ˈsɪnɚ/noun
sinner is spelled S-I-N-N-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sin·ner). It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sinner means “A person who, by one particular action, has sinned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sinner is sinners.
How many letters and syllables are in sinner?
| Letters | 6: S-I-N-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sin·ner |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd 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; 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 sinner?
Sinner appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd 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 sinner?
- UK /ˈsɪnəː/
- UK [ˈsɪnəː]
- US /ˈsɪnɚ/
Sinner has 2 syllables, split sin·ner in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sinner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sinner?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sinner from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnəɹ/):
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 sinner
- sinners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sinner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
- 2
An unregenerate person.
- 3
A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.
- 4
One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.
Are you a sinner or a saint?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sinner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who has sinned:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pécheur, pécheresse |
| German | Sünder, Sünderin |
| Portuguese | pecador, pecadora |
| Spanish | pecador, pecadora |
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 sinner come from?
From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).