sprayer
/ˈspɹeɪɚ/noun
sprayer is spelled S-P-R-A-Y-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sprayer means “Synonym of spray bottle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sprayer is sprayers.
How many letters and syllables are in sprayer?
| Letters | 7: S-P-R-A-Y-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 sprayer?
Sprayer appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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 sprayer?
- US /ˈspɹeɪɚ/
Sprayer 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-sprayer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sprayer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sprayer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: respray.
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 sprayer
- sprayers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sprayer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of spray bottle.
- 2
A device, machine or vehicle used for large-area spraying, as for irrigation, weed killers, fertilizers, insecticides, or in manufacturing and production line processes.
- 3
One who sprays.
Graffiti often includes the sprayer’s name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sprayer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | pulverizador |
| Spanish | pulverizador, pulverizadora, fumigador, fumigadora |
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 sprayer come from?
From spray + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).