spooner
/ˈspuːnɚ/noun, verb
spooner is spelled S-P-O-O-N-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spooner means “A person who engages in kissing and petting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spooner is spooners.
How many letters and syllables are in spooner?
| Letters | 7: S-P-O-O-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 spooner?
Spooner appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 spooner?
- /ˈspuːnɚ/
Spooner 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).
What rhymes with spooner?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as spooner.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: snooper.
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 spooner
- spooners plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- spoonering participle, present
- spoonered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spooner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedA person who engages in kissing and petting.
- 2
A person who lies nestled against their partner in bed, back-to-front on their sides
verb
- 1
To utter a spoonerism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does spooner come from?
From spoon + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).