Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wearer

/ˈweɹɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: wear-er
IPA: /ˈweɹɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who wears.

Example Sentences

"On Saint Patrick's day I put on my green shirt and join the wearers of the green."
"Never ask a man his opinion of a woman's dress when he is desperately and abjectly in love with the wearer."

Etymology

From Middle English werer, werere, equivalent to wear + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: werer
Suffix: wear

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈweɹɚ/
British English: /ˈwɛəɹə/

Inflected Forms

wearers (plural)

Homonyms

whirrer (fair–fur merger, wine–whine merger)

Rhymes With

error terror bearer standard-bearer fairer rarer stretcher-bearer ferrer carer preparer sharer scherrer

Questions

How do you pronounce wearer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɹɚ/.
What does wearer mean?: One who wears.
Where does wearer come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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