thriller
thrill·er/ˈθɹɪ.ləɹ/noun
thriller is spelled T-H-R-I-L-L-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables (thrill·er). It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, thriller means “Something that thrills” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of thriller is thrillers.
How many letters and syllables are in thriller?
| Letters | 8: T-H-R-I-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: thrill·er |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th 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 thriller?
Thriller appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 thriller?
- UK /ˈθɹɪ.lə/
- US /ˈθɹɪ.ləɹ/
- /ˈθɹə.lɐ/
Thriller has 2 syllables, split thrill·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-thriller.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with thriller?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as thriller from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləɹ/):
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 thriller
- thrillers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thriller mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that thrills.
- 2
A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.
She loves to read thriller books.
- 3
A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Thriller in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense genre of fiction:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polar, thriller |
| German | Thriller |
| Portuguese | thriller, suspense |
| Spanish | suspense, thriller, tríler |
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 thriller come from?
From thrill + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).