chopper
/ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/noun, verb
chopper is spelled C-H-O-P-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chopper means “A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chopper is choppers.
How many letters and syllables are in chopper?
| Letters | 7: C-H-O-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 chopper?
Chopper appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 chopper?
- UK /ˈtʃɒp.ə/
- Australia /ˈtʃɔp.ə/
- US /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/
Chopper 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-chopper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chopper?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chopper from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpəɹ/):
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 chopper
- choppers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- choppering participle, present
- choppered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chopper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
- 2
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
- 3
A kitchen appliance used for chopping various foods, akin to a small food processor.
- 4
A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
- 5
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
- 6
informalA type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker or bikie gangs.
Meronym: apehangers
- 7
Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
- 8
A high-bouncing batted ball.
- 9
informalA helicopter.
verb
- 1
informalTo travel or transport by helicopter.
noun
- 1
UKA British Rail Class 20 locomotive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chopper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hachoir , galet aménagé , zob , hacheur , banane, hélico |
| German | Hackbeil , Chopper , Schwanz , Hubschrauber |
| Spanish | tajador , helico, helicóptero , chóper , helicar |
| Portuguese | zingarelho |
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 chopper come from?
From chop + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).