slower
/ˈsloʊɚ/noun, adjective, adverb
slower is spelled S-L-O-W-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slower means “That which slows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slower is slowers.
How many letters and syllables are in slower?
| Letters | 6: S-L-O-W-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th 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 slower?
Slower appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th 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 slower?
- UK /ˈsləʊə/
- US /ˈsloʊɚ/
Slower 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)-Flame,_not_lame-slower.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slower?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slower from its last stressed vowel (/oʊəɹ/):
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 slower
- slowers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slower mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which slows.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of slow: more slow
adverb
- 1
comparative form of slow: more slow
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does slower come from?
From slow + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).