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Definitions: -ER |
-ER1. A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier. 2. The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man. 3. . |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Er |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: -ER |
| English words defined with "-ER": -or. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "-ER": Adulterer ♦ Demonographer ♦ Elegiographer ♦ Paramiographer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "-ER" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (-er). |
| "-ER" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "-ER" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "-ER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 家 (a person engaged in a certain art or profession, family, home, -ian, -ist). (various references) | |
French | -iste, -er. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words ending with "er": Fer, Fog'ger, Frisker, O'er, scalper, sober, -ster. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-r" | |
+1 letter: are, ear, era, ere, erg, ern, err, ers, fer, her, ire, ore, per, reb, rec, red, ree, ref, reg, rei, rem, rep, res, ret, rev, rex, roe, rue, rye, ser. | |
+2 letters: acre, aero, aery, ager, aper, area, ares, arse, aver, bare, bear, beer, berg, berm, bier, bore, brae, bred, bree, bren, brew, brie, byre, care, cere, cero, cire, core, crew, cure, dare, dear, deer, dere, derm, dire, doer, dore, dree, dreg, drek, drew, dure, dyer, earl, earn, ears, ecru, eery, eger, emir, eras, ergo, ergs, erne, erns, eros, errs, erst, euro, ever, ewer, eyer, eyra, eyre, eyry, fare, fear, fere, fern, fire, fore, frae, free, fret, froe, gear, germ, goer, gore, gree, grew, grey, grue, gyre, hare, hear, heir, herb, herd, here, herl, herm, hern, hero, hers, hire, hoer, ired, ires, jeer, jerk, keir, kerb, kerf, kern, kier, kore, lear, leer, lehr, lier, lire, lore, lure, lyre, mare, mere, merk, merl, mire, more, mure, near, nerd, ogre, omer, ores, orle, over, oyer, pare, pear, peer, peri, perk, perm, perp, pert, pier, pore, pree, prep, prex, prey, prez, pure, pyre, race, rage, rake, rale, rape, rare, rase, rate, rave, raze, read, real, ream, reap, rear, rebs, reck, recs, redd, rede, redo, reds, reed, reef, reek, reel, rees, refs, reft, regs, reif, rein, reis, rely, rems, rend, rent, repo, repp, reps, resh, rest, rete, rets, revs, rhea, rice, ride, riel, rife, rile, rime, ripe, rise, rite, rive, robe, rode, roes, role, rope, rose, rote, roue, rove, rube, rude, rued, ruer, rues, rule, rune, ruse, ryes, ryke, sear, seer, sera, sere, serf, sers, sire, sore, suer, sure, tare, tear, term, tern, tier, tire, tore, tree, tref, trek, tret, trey, true, tyer, tyre, urea, urge, user, veer, vera, verb, vert, very, vier, ware, wear, weer, weir, were, wert, wire, wore, wren, yare, year, yerk, yore, zerk, zero. | |
+3 letters: abler, acerb, acred, acres, adder, adore, aerie, afire, afore, after, agers, agger, agree, aider, aimer, aired, airer, aiver, alder, alert, alter, amber, ameer, anear, anger, antre, apers, apery, apres, apter, arced, ardeb, areae, areal, areas, areca, areic, arena, arete, argle, argue, ariel, arise, arles, armed, armer, armet, arose, arpen, arses, artel, asker, asper, aster, auger, aurae, aurei, aures, avers, avert, aware, azure, baker, baler, barbe, barde, bared, barer, bares, barge, barre, barye, baser, beard, bears, beers, beery, beret, bergs, berme, berms, berry, berth, beryl, bevor, bider, biers, biker, birle, birse, biter, blare, blear, bluer, boner, bored, borer, bores, borne, bower, boxer, brace, braes, brake, brave, braze, bread, break, bream, brede, breed, brees, brens, brent, breve, brews, bribe, bride, brief, brier, bries, brine, broke, brome, brose, brume, brute, buret, burke, burse, buyer, byres, caber, cadre, cager, caner, caper, cared, carer, cares, caret, carex, carle, carse, carte, carve, cater, caver, cedar, ceder, ceorl, cerci, cered, ceres, ceria, ceric, ceros, chare, cheer, chert, chore, cider, cires, citer, clear, clerk, coder, comer, cooer, coper, cored, corer, cores, corse, cover, cower, coyer, crake, crane, crape, crate, crave, craze, creak, cream, credo, creed, creek, creel, creep, creme, crepe, crept, crepy, cress, crest, crews, cried, crier, cries, crime, cripe, crone, crore, croze, crude, cruel, cruet, cruse, cuber, cured, curer, cures, curet, curie, curse, curve, cuter, cyder, dared, darer, dares, dater, deair, dears, deary, debar, decor, decry, deers, defer, demur, denar, derat, deray, derby, derma, derms, derry, deter, dewar, dicer, diker, dimer, diner, direr, dirge, diver, doers, doper, doser, doter, dower, dozer, drake, drape, drave, dread, dream, drear, dreck, dreed, drees, dregs, dreks, dress, drest, dried, drier, dries, drive, drone, drove, drupe, druse, dryer, duper, dured, dures, dyers, eager, eagre, eared, earls, early, earns, earth, eater, ecrus, edger, eerie, egers, eggar, egger, egret, eider, elder, elver, embar, ember, emeer, emery, emirs, emmer, ender, enorm, enrol, enter, entry, enure, ephor, erase, erect, ergot, erica, ernes, erode, erose, erred, error, erses, eruct, erugo, erupt, ervil, escar, eskar, esker, ester, ether, euros, evert, every, ewers, exert, extra, exurb, eyers, eyras, eyres, eyrie, eyrir, facer, fader, faery, faker, farce, fared, farer, fares, farle, fears, femur, feral, feres, feria, ferly, fermi, ferns, ferny, ferry, fetor, feuar, fever, fewer, feyer, fiber, fibre, fiery, fifer, filer, finer, fired, firer, fires, fiver, fixer, flare, fleer, flier, flyer, force, fores, forge, forme, forte, foyer, frame, freak, freed, freer, frees, fremd, frena, frere, fresh, frets, fried, frier, fries, frise, froes, frore, froze, fryer, fumer, furze, gager, gamer, gaper, gayer, gazer, gears, genre, genro, gerah, germs, germy, giber, giver, glare, gluer, goers, gofer, goner, gored, gores, gorge, gorse, grace, grade, grape, grate, grave, graze, great, grebe, greed, greek, green, grees, greet, grego, greys, gride, grief, grime, gripe, grope, grove, gruel, grues, grume, gurge, gyred, gyres, haler, hared, harem, hares, hater, haver, hayer, hazer, heard, hears, heart, heder, heirs, henry, herbs, herby, herds, heres, herls, herma, herms, herns, heron, heros, herry, hertz, hewer, hexer, hider, hiker, hired, hirer, hires, hoers, homer, honer, hoper, horde, horse, hover, huger, hyper, icier, icker, idler, iller, inert, infer, inker, inner, inter, inure, irade, irate, irked, irone, ither, jager, japer, jeers, jerid, jerks, jerky, jerry, jiber, jiver, joker, jurel, kebar, kefir, keirs, kerbs, kerfs, kerne, kerns, kerry, kiers, kiter, kreep, krone, kyrie, lacer, lader, lager, laker, lamer, laree, lares, large, laser, later, laver, laxer, layer, learn, lears, leary, leers, leery, leger, lehrs, lemur, leper, lever, liber, liers, lifer, liger, liker, liner, liter, litre, liver, livre, loner, loper, lores, loser, lover, lower, lucre, luger, lured, lurer, lures, lyres, macer, madre, maker, mares, marge, marse, maser, mater, mazer, mercy, merde, merer, meres, merge, merit, merks, merle, merls, merry, meter, metre, metro, miler, mimer, miner, mired, mires, mirex, miser, miter, mitre, mixer, moire, moper, morae, morel, mores, morse, mover, mower, mured, mures, murex, murre, muser, muter, nacre, namer, nares, nears, nerds, nerdy, nerol, nerts, nertz, nerve, nervy, never, newer, nicer, niter, nitre, noter, nuder, nurse, oared, oater, ocher, ochre, ocker, ocrea, odder, offer, ofter, ogler, ogres, oiler, older, omber, ombre, omers, onery, oorie, opera, orate, orbed, order, oread, oriel, orles, ormer, osier, other, otter, ourie, outer, outre, overs, overt, owner, oxter, oyers, pacer, padre, pager, paler, paper, parae, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, parve, pater, paver, pawer, payer, pearl, pears, peart, pedro, peers, peery, perch, perdu, perdy, perea, peril, peris, perks, perky, perms, perps, perry, perse, peter, piers, piker, piper, plier, plyer, poker, poler, pored, pores, poser, power, prase, prate, preed, preen, prees, preps, presa, prese, press, prest, prexy, preys, price, pride, pried, prier, pries, prime, prise, prize, probe, proem, prole, prone, prose, prove, prude, prune, pryer, puler, puree, purer, purge, purse, pyres, quare, queer, quern, query, quire, raced, racer, races, raged, ragee, rages, raise, rajes, raked, rakee, raker, rakes, rales, ramee, ramen, ramet, ramie, rance, ranee, range, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, rared, rarer, rares, rased, raser, rases, rated, ratel, rater, rates, rathe, raved, ravel, raven, raver, raves, rawer, raxed, raxes, rayed, razed, razee, razer, razes, reach, react, readd, reads, ready, realm, reals, reams, reaps, rearm, rears, reata, reave, rebar, rebbe, rebec, rebel, rebid, rebop, rebus, rebut, rebuy, recap, recce, recks, recon, recta, recti, recto, recur, recut, redan, redds, reded, redes, redia, redid, redip, redly, redon, redos, redox, redry, redub, redux, redye, reeds, reedy, reefs, reefy, reeks, reeky, reels, reest, reeve, refed, refel, refer, refit, refix, refly, refry, regal, reges, regma, regna, rehab, rehem, reifs, reify, reign, reink, reins, reive, rekey, relax, relay, relet, relic, relit, reman, remap, remet, remex, remit, remix, renal, rends, renew, renig, renin, rente, rents, reoil, repay, repeg, repel, repin, reply, repos, repot, repps, repro, reran, rerig, rerun, resaw, resay, resee, reset, resew, resid, resin, resod, resow, rests, retag, retax, retch, retem, retia, retie, retro, retry, reuse, revel, revet, revue, rewan, rewax, rewed, rewet, rewin, rewon, rexes, rheas, rheum, rhyme, ribes, riced, ricer, rices, rider, rides, ridge, riels, rifer, rifle, riled, riles, riley, rille, rimed, rimer, rimes, rinse, riped, ripen, riper, ripes, risen, riser, rises, rites, rived, riven, river, rives, rivet, robed, robes, roble, rodeo, roger, rogue, roles, romeo, roose, roped, roper, ropes, ropey, roque, rosed, roses, roset, rotes, rotte, rouen, roues, rouge, rouse, route, roved, roven, rover, roves, rowed, rowel, rowen, rower, rubes, ruble, ruche, ruder, ruers, ruffe, rugae, ruled, ruler, rules, rumen, runes, rupee, ruses, ryked, rykes, saber, sabre, safer, sager, saker, saner, saree, sarge, saver, sawer, sayer, scare, score, scree, screw, sears, seder, seers, senor, serac, serai, seral, sered, serer, seres, serfs, serge, serif, serin, serow, serry, serum, serve, servo, sever, sewar, sewer, share, shear, sheer, sherd, shier, shire, shoer, shore, shred, shrew, shyer, sieur, siker, sired, siree, siren, sires, siver, sizer, skier, slier, slyer, smear, smerk, snare, sneer, snore, sober, sorel, sorer, sores, sower, spare, spear, speer, speir, sperm, spier, spire, spore, spree, sprue, stare, steer, stere, stern, store, strep, strew, suber, sucre, suers, super, surer, surge, sware, swear, sweer, swore, syren, taber, taker, taler, tamer, taper, tared, tares, targe, tarre, tater, tawer, taxer, tears, teary, tenor, terai, terce, terga, terms, terne, terns, terra, terry, terse, tetra, their, there, therm, three, threw, throe, tiers, tiger, tiler, timer, tired, tires, titer, titre, toker, toner, toper, tores, torse, torte, toter, tower, toyer, trace, trade, trave, tread, treat, treed, treen, trees, treks, trend, tress, trets, trews, treys, tribe, trice, tried, trier, tries, trike, trine, tripe, trite, trode, troke, trone, trope, trove, truce, trued, truer, trues, tuber, tuner, tuyer, twerp, twier, twyer, tyers, tyred, tyres, udder, ulcer, umber, under, upper, uraei, urare, urase, urate, ureal, ureas, uredo, ureic, urged, urger, urges, urine, ursae, users, usher, uteri, utter, varve, veers, veery, velar, verbs, verge, verse, verso, verst, verts, vertu, verve, vexer, viers, viler, viper, vireo, vires, vomer, voter, vower, wader, wafer, wager, waker, waler, wared, wares, warez, water, waver, waxer, wears, weary, weber, weird, weirs, where, whore, wider, wiper, wired, wirer, wires, wiser, wiver, wooer, worse, wreak, wreck, wrens, wrest, wried, wrier, wries, write, wrote, wryer, xeric, xerox, xerus, yager, yarer, yearn, years, yerba, yerks, yores, zaire, zebra, zerks, zeros, zoner. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)2D 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)00101101 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)- E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)002D 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)153952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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