slayer
/ˈsleɪə/noun
slayer is spelled S-L-A-Y-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slayer means “A killer; a murderer; someone who slays” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slayer is slayers.
How many letters and syllables are in slayer?
| Letters | 6: S-L-A-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th 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 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 slayer?
Slayer appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 slayer?
- UK /ˈsleɪə/
Slayer 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-slayer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slayer?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slayer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪə/, British pronunciation):
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 slayer
- slayers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slayer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.
- 2
A butcher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slayer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who slays:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | assassin |
| German | Töter, Abmurkser |
| Portuguese | assasino, assasina, matador, matadora, sicário, sicária |
| Spanish | asesino, asesina |
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 slayer come from?
From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).