tailer
noun
tailer is spelled T-A-I-L-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tailer means “One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tailer is tailers.
How many letters and syllables are in tailer?
| Letters | 6: T-A-I-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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; 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 tailer?
Tailer appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 tailer?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-tailer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tailer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tailer.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: retail.
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 tailer
- tailers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tailer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator.
- 2
A worker on a yacht, responsible for furling and setting the sails.
- 3
A large noose with a long handle intended to secure a fish's tail.
- 4
A fish bottom-feeding in shallow water with its tail out of the water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tailer come from?
From tail + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).