beartrap
noun
beartrap is spelled B-E-A-R-T-R-A-P: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beartrap means “A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beartrap is beartraps.
How many letters and syllables are in beartrap?
| Letters | 8: B-E-A-R-T-R-A-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is beartrap?
Beartrap appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).
How do you pronounce beartrap?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-beartrap.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of beartrap
- beartraps plural
- bear trap
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beartrap mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
- 2
A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
- 3
A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
- 4
A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
- 5
A temporary price fallback that tempts one to open a short position.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does beartrap come from?
From bear + trap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).