sweater
sweat·er/ˈswɛtɚ/noun, verb
sweater is spelled S-W-E-A-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (sweat·er). It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sweater means “A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sweater is sweaters.
How many letters and syllables are in sweater?
| Letters | 7: S-W-E-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sweat·er |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 sweater?
Sweater appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th 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 sweater?
- UK /ˈswɛtə/
- US /ˈswɛtɚ/
- US /-ɾɚ/
Sweater has 2 syllables, split sweat·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sweater.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sweater?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sweater from its last stressed vowel (/ɛtəɹ/):
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 sweater
- sweaters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sweatering participle, present
- sweatered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sweater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
- 2
USA similar garment worn for warmth.
- 3
One who sweats (produces sweat).
- 4
One who or that which causes to sweat.
- 5
A diaphoretic remedy.
- 6
An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.
- 7
archaicOne who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
- 8
UKobsoleteA London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]
verb
- 1
To dress in a sweater.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sweater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sweater, sweat-shirt, sweat , pull-over, pull, chandail |
| German | Sweatshirt, Sweater , Pullover |
| Portuguese | malha, suéter , pulôver, blusa , suador |
| Spanish | sudadera, suéter , chaleco, buzo, chomba, chompa |
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 sweater come from?
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).