Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plainer

/plˈeɪnɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: plain-er
IPA: /plˈeɪnɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of plain: more plain

noun

A policeman who wears plainclothes.

Example Sentences

"Of the two, she was certainly the plainer."
"Three pandas were parked round the edge of the wee swing park, lights spinning, flashing blue on a huddle of plainers over by the iron roundabout."
"The plainer, he was from the Marine police station on Anderson Street and Davin or Devine or something was his name — said nothing."
"A guy and a girl make ideal plainers; nobody gives them a second thought; people just assume they're a couple."

Inflected Forms

plainers (plural)

Homonyms

planar planer

Rhymes With

trainer container entertainer brainer retainer planar campaigner rainer rayner trainor gaynor gainer

Questions

How do you pronounce plainer?: The recorded pronunciation is /plˈeɪnɚ/.
What does plainer mean?: comparative form of plain: more plain

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