soccer
/ˈsɑk.ɚ/noun, verb
soccer is spelled S-O-C-C-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, soccer means “Association football” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in soccer?
| Letters | 6: S-O-C-C-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,114th 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 soccer?
Soccer appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,114th 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 soccer?
- UK /ˈsɒk.ə/
- US /ˈsɑk.ɚ/
Soccer 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-soccer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with soccer?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as soccer from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəɹ/):
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 soccer
- socker
- socca
- soccers present, singular, he/she/it
- soccering participle, present
- soccered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soccer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaIrelandUSAssociation football.
verb
- 1
To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soccer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense game:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | football, soccer |
| German | Fußball, Fuppes |
| Portuguese | futebol |
| Spanish | fútbol, futbol, balompié, balón-pie, pambol |
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 soccer come from?
Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).