streetcar
/ˈstɹitˌkɑɹ/noun
streetcar is spelled S-T-R-E-E-T-C-A-R: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, streetcar means “A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of streetcar is streetcars.
How many letters and syllables are in streetcar?
| Letters | 9: S-T-R-E-E-T-C-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd 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 streetcar?
Streetcar appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 streetcar?
- US /ˈstɹitˌkɑɹ/
Streetcar 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-streetcar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with streetcar?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as streetcar (/itkɑɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: scatterer.
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 streetcar
- streetcars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does streetcar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does streetcar come from?
From street + car. Coined before the era of motorcars, the term emphasized a type of car on rails that were in the street (along with foot traffic, wagons, and carriages) rather than on a separate, dedicated railroad, as a railcar is.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).