skater
/ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/noun
skater is spelled S-K-A-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skater means “A person who skates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skater is skaters.
How many letters and syllables are in skater?
| Letters | 6: S-K-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th 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 skater?
Skater appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th 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 skater?
- UK /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Skater 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-skater.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with skater?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as skater from its last stressed vowel (/eɪtə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: streak, tasker, strake, staker.
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 skater
- skaters plural
- sk8r
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who skates.
- 2
A skateboarder.
- 3
A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
- 4
A player who is not a goaltender.
- 5
Synonym of water strider.
noun
- 1
slangA shipper of Sawyer and Kate from the television series Lost.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | patineur, patineuse, skateur, skateuse |
| German | Schlittschuhläufer, Schlittschuhläuferin, Eisläufer, Eisläuferin , Feldspieler |
| Portuguese | patinador , skatista |
| Spanish | patinador, patinadora |
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 skater come from?
From skate + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).