supplier
/səˈplaɪə/noun
supplier is spelled S-U-P-P-L-I-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supplier means “One who supplies; a provider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supplier is suppliers.
How many letters and syllables are in supplier?
| Letters | 8: S-U-P-P-L-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th 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 supplier?
Supplier appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th 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 supplier?
- /səˈplaɪə/
Supplier 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)-Vininn126-supplier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with supplier?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as supplier.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: periplus.
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 supplier
- suppliers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supplier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who supplies; a provider.
- 2
Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supplier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who supplies, a provider:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fournisseur, fournisseuse |
| German | Lieferant, Lieferantin, Zulieferer, Zuliefererin, Versorger, Versorgerin |
| Portuguese | fornecedor, fornecedora |
| Spanish | proveedor, proveedora, abastecedor, suministrador, subministrador (desus.) |
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 supplier come from?
From supply + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).