er
Spanish, article[ˈeɾ]
er is spelled E-R (2 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Er is a Spanish article meaning “eye dialect spelling of el” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does er mean in English?
article
- 1
eye dialect spelling of el
- 2
pronunciation spelling of el
suffix
- 1
a verb ending for infinitives for the second conjugation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Forma el infinitivo en verbos de la segunda conjugación.
suffix: 1. Grafía alternativa de -́er.
suffix: 1. Variante de -ero.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce er?
- [ˈeɾ]
- [ˈ́eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to er
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is er in Spanish?
er appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).