twister
/ˈtwɪstəɹ/noun
twister is spelled T-W-I-S-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, twister means “One who twists” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of twister is twisters.
How many letters and syllables are in twister?
| Letters | 7: T-W-I-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th 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 twister?
Twister appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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 twister?
- UK /ˈtwɪstə/
- US /ˈtwɪstəɹ/
Twister 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-twister.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with twister?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as twister from its last stressed vowel (/ɪstəɹ/):
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 twister
- twisters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does twister mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who twists.
- 2
One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- 3
An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
- 4
A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
- 5
colloquialA tornado.
- 6
A girder.
- 7
datedThe inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
- 8
UKcolloquialA crook, a villain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does twister come from?
From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).