thresher
/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/noun
thresher is spelled T-H-R-E-S-H-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thresher means “Anything or anyone that threshes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of thresher is threshers.
How many letters and syllables are in thresher?
| Letters | 8: T-H-R-E-S-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th 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 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 thresher?
Thresher appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 thresher?
- UK /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
Thresher 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)-Knabrupt-thresher.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with thresher?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as thresher from its last stressed vowel (/ɛʃə/, British pronunciation):
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 thresher
- threshers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thresher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything or anyone that threshes.
- 2
A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
- 3
A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
- 4
Ellipsis of thresher shark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Thresher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fléau , batteuse |
| German | Dreschflegel, Flegel , Dreschmaschine |
| Portuguese | debulhador |
| Spanish | trilladora, aventadora, beldadora |
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 thresher come from?
From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).