spreader
/ˈspɹɛdɚ/noun
spreader is spelled S-P-R-E-A-D-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spreader means “An object or person who spreads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spreader is spreaders.
How many letters and syllables are in spreader?
| Letters | 8: S-P-R-E-A-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th 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 spreader?
Spreader appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 spreader?
- US /ˈspɹɛdɚ/
Spreader 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-spreader.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with spreader?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as spreader from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdəɹ/):
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 spreader
- spreaders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spreader mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An object or person who spreads.
- 2
A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
- 3
A device used to spread bulk material.
Ellen put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader.
- 4
A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
James used a spreader to butter her bagel.
- 5
A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
- 6
A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
- 7
The moving platform of a container crane.
- 8
A horizontal bar or frame attached to two or more points on a load, enabling the load to be lifted, especially by crane, with greater stability and more even spread of forces.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spreader in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | épandeur , séparateur |
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 spreader come from?
From spread + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).