stiffener
noun
stiffener is spelled S-T-I-F-F-E-N-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stiffener means “Anything added to something in order to stiffen it, such as a support beam, or starch for a collar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stiffener is stiffeners.
How many letters and syllables are in stiffener?
| Letters | 9: S-T-I-F-F-E-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is stiffener?
Stiffener appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 stiffener?
- US
Stiffener has 3 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)-Flame,_not_lame-stiffener.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stiffener
- stiffeners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stiffener mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything added to something in order to stiffen it, such as a support beam, or starch for a collar.
- 2
One of a series of angle bars, Z-bars, beams, rods, or other shapes, attached in order to provide them the necessary stiffness or rigidity.
- 3
slangAn alcoholic drink taken to fortify oneself.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does stiffener come from?
From stiffen + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).