wager
/ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/noun, verb
wager is spelled W-A-G-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wager means “A bet; a stake; a pledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wager is wagers.
How many letters and syllables are in wager?
| Letters | 5: W-A-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th 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 wager?
Wager appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 wager?
- UK /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈweɪ.d͡ʒɚ/
- Australia /ˈwæɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
Wager 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-wager.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wager?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wager from its last stressed vowel (/eɪdʒəɹ/):
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 wager
- wagers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wagering participle, present
- wagered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wager mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bet; a stake; a pledge.
- 2
The subject of a bet.
- 3
A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
- 4
An offer to make oath.
- 5
Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
verb
- 1
To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
I'd wager my boots on it.
- 2
To suppose; to dare say.
I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wager in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mise , pari , parier |
| German | Wette, Einsatz, Pfand , wetten , Wetteinsatz |
| Portuguese | aposta , apostar |
| Spanish | envite, envido |
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 wager come from?
From Middle English wajour, wageour, wager, from Old Northern French wageure, from wagier (“to pledge”) (compare Old French guagier, whence modern French gager and contemporary Walloon wadjî), ultimately from Frankish *waddjōn (“to pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ *waddī (“pledge”). See also wage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).