spinner
/ˈspɪnɚ/noun
spinner is spelled S-P-I-N-N-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spinner means “Someone who or something that spins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spinner is spinners.
How many letters and syllables are in spinner?
| Letters | 7: S-P-I-N-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th 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 spinner?
Spinner appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th 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 spinner?
- US /ˈspɪnɚ/
Spinner 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: En-au-spinner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with spinner?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as spinner from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnəɹ/):
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 spinner
- spinners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spinner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who or something that spins.
- 2
Someone who spins yarn from loose fiber.
- 3
A conical fairing near the hub of some aircraft propellers or turbofan fans.
- 4
A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
I got a four on the spinner and moved my counter forward four spaces on the board.
- 5
AustraliaThe coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- 6
AustraliaslangA mentally disturbed or eccentric person; weirdo.
- 7
slangvulgarPrimarily in the adult film industry, a woman with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- 8
An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spinner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 spinner come from?
From Middle English spynnere; equivalent to spin + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).