timer
/ˈtaɪmɚ/noun
timer is spelled T-I-M-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, timer means “A device used to measure amounts of time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of timer is timers.
How many letters and syllables are in timer?
| Letters | 5: T-I-M-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st 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 timer?
Timer appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 timer?
- US /ˈtaɪmɚ/
Timer 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: En-us-timer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with timer?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as timer from its last stressed vowel (/aɪməɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: merit, remit, mitre, miter.
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 timer
- timers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does timer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device used to measure amounts of time.
start the timer when you hear the gunshot
- 2
Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.
- 3
A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
- 4
One who has done something a certain number of times.
third-timer
- 5
One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Timer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | minuteur , minuterie |
| German | Schaltuhr, Zeitschaltuhr , Timer |
| Portuguese | temporizador, timer |
| Spanish | temporizador |
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 timer come from?
From time (verb) + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).