couper
/ˈkaʊpə/obsolete
couper is spelled C-O-U-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, couper means “A dealer in horses or other livestock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of couper is coupers.
How many letters and syllables are in couper?
| Letters | 6: C-O-U-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd 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 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 couper?
Couper appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 couper?
- Australia /ˈkaʊpə/
- UK /ˈkaʊpə/
- /ˈkʌʉpᵻr/
Couper 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-couper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with couper?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as couper (/aʊpə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: recoup.
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 couper
- coper
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does couper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKobsoleteA dealer in horses or other livestock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does couper come from?
From coup (“to exchange, barter”) + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).