slater
/ˈsleɪtɚ/noun
slater is spelled S-L-A-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slater means “One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slater is slaters.
How many letters and syllables are in slater?
| Letters | 6: S-L-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th 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 slater?
Slater appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 slater?
- US /ˈsleɪtɚ/
- UK /ˈsleɪtə/
Slater 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-slater.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slater?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slater from its last stressed vowel (/eɪtəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: salter, laters, laster.
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 slater
- slaters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- 2
AustraliaScotlandAny terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
- 3
A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who lays slate:
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 slater come from?
From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).