typesetter

Questions about typesetter

What does typesetter mean?

typesetter means "one who sets written material into type".

How many syllables are in typesetter?

typesetter has 4 syllables and divides as ty-pe-set-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for typesetter?

Close synonyms include compositor, setter, typographer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is typesetter a common word?

typesetter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.