tracer
/ˈtɹeɪsɚ/noun
tracer is spelled T-R-A-C-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tracer means “A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tracer is tracers.
How many letters and syllables are in tracer?
| Letters | 6: T-R-A-C-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st 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 tracer?
Tracer appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 tracer?
- UK /ˈtɹeɪsə(ɹ)/
- UK [ˈtʃɹeɪsə(ɹ)]
- US /ˈtɹeɪsɚ/
Tracer 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)-Vealhurl-tracer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tracer?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tracer from its last stressed vowel (/eɪsəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: carter, crater.
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 tracer
- tracers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tracer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- 2
A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- 3
The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- 4
A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- 5
A person who traces something.
- 6
A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- 7
A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tracer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | marqueur |
| German | Leuchtspurmunition |
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 tracer come from?
From trace + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).