teenager
teen·ag·er/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/noun
teenager is spelled T-E-E-N-A-G-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (teen·ag·er). It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, teenager means “A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of teenager is teenagers.
How many letters and syllables are in teenager?
| Letters | 8: T-E-E-N-A-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: teen·ag·er |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th 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 teenager?
Teenager appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 teenager?
- UK /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/
- UK [ˈtʰɪi̯nˌeɪ̯d͡ʒəː]
- Australia /ˈtiːnˌæɪ̯d͡ʒə/
Teenager has 3 syllables, split teen·ag·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-teenager.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with teenager
Also written: teen-ager (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with teenager?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as teenager (/ineɪdʒə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: generate.
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 teenager
- teenagers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does teenager mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Teenager in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person aged between thirteen and nineteen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | adolescent, adolescente, ado |
| German | Jugendlicher, Jugendliche |
| Portuguese | adolescente |
| Spanish | adolescente, colloquial, puberto, puberta, lolo |
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 teenager come from?
From teenage + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).