tamer
/ˈteɪmɚ/noun, adjective
tamer is spelled T-A-M-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tamer means “One who tames or subdues” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tamer is tamers.
How many letters and syllables are in tamer?
| Letters | 5: T-A-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 tamer?
Tamer appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 tamer?
- US /ˈteɪmɚ/
Tamer 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)-Persent101-tamer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tamer?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tamer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪməɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mater, metra, terma, trema, ramet.
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 tamer
- tamers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tamer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who tames or subdues.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of tame: more tame
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tamer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who tames or subdues:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dresseur, dresseuse, dompteur |
| German | Dompteur, Dompteuse, Bändiger, Bändigerin |
| Portuguese | domador |
| Spanish | domador, domadora, amaestrador |
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 tamer come from?
From tame (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).