strainer
/ˈstɹeɪnɚ/noun
strainer is spelled S-T-R-A-I-N-E-R: 8 letters. 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, strainer means “A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of strainer is strainers.
How many letters and syllables are in strainer?
| Letters | 8: S-T-R-A-I-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 strainer?
Strainer 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 strainer?
- US /ˈstɹeɪnɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-strainer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with strainer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as strainer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: restrain, arrestin.
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 strainer
- strainers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strainer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
- 2
A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
- 3
Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
- 4
One who strains.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strainer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense utensil:
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 strainer come from?
From Middle English strener, streynour, strenyour, equivalent to strain + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).