surfer
/ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/noun
surfer is spelled S-U-R-F-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, surfer means “A person who rides a surfboard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of surfer is surfers.
How many letters and syllables are in surfer?
| Letters | 6: S-U-R-F-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th 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 surfer?
Surfer appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 surfer?
- /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/
Surfer 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-surfer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of surfer
- surfers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does surfer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who rides a surfboard.
- 2
A person who surfs the Internet.
- 3
obsoleteA duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Surfer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | surfeur, surfeuse , internaute |
| German | Wellenreiter |
| Portuguese | surfista , internauta |
| Spanish | surfista, surfero , internauta |
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 surfer come from?
From surf + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).