amper
noun
amper is spelled A-M-P-E-R: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amper means “A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of amper is ampers.
How many letters and syllables are in amper?
| Letters | 5: A-M-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amper?
Amper appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with amper?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as amper.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: perma, remap.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of amper
- ampers plural
- ampor
- nanberry
- anbury
- anberry
- ambury
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
- 2
A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
- 3
Abbreviation of ampersand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does amper come from?
From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *amprō, *amprā (“dock, sorrel”), which is related to Proto-Germanic *ampraz (“sharp”). Related to aber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).