weaker
weak·er/ˈwikɚ/adjective
weaker is spelled W-E-A-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (weak·er). It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, weaker means “Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in weaker?
| Letters | 6: W-E-A-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: weak·er |
| In writing | 7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th 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 weaker?
Weaker appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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 weaker?
- UK /ˈwiːkə/
- US /ˈwikɚ/
Weaker has 2 syllables, split weak·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-weaker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with weaker?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as weaker from its last stressed vowel (/ikəɹ/):
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).
What does weaker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
comparative form of weak: more weak
- 2
Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).