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camper

/ˈkæmpɚ/noun, adjective

camper is spelled C-A-M-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, camper means “A person who camps, especially in a tent etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of camper is campers.

How many letters and syllables are in camper?

Letters6: C-A-M-P-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 camper?

Camper appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 camper?

  • US /ˈkæmpɚ/
  • UK /ˈkæmpə/

Camper has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-camper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with camper?

6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as camper from its last stressed vowel (/æmpəɹ/):

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 camper

  • campers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does camper mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

    There were thousands of campers at the music festival.

  2. 2

    A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.

  3. 3

    derogatoryA person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.

  4. 4

    slangA person who stays too long at a table after eating.

    I'm trying to get rid of the campers on table seven.

adjective

  1. 1

    comparative form of camp: more camp (a form of camp)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Camper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcampeur (person who camps)
GermanZelter, Zelterin, Camper, Camperin (person who camps)
Portuguesecampista (person who camps), camper (video games: person who stays in one spot)
Spanishcampista (person who camps), campero, campera (video games: person who stays in one spot)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does camper come from?

From camp (verb) + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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