# dapper

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈdæpə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #32,343

## Definitions
1. Neat, trim.
2. Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
3. Quick; little and active.

## Etymology
From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).

## Easily confused with
- **duper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-duper)
- **deeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-deeper)
- **darker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-darker)
- **dipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-dipped)
- **diaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-diaper)
- **draper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-draper)
- **dipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-dipper)
- **Doppler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-doppler)
- **dropper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dapper-vs-dropper)
- **danger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dapper)
- **dancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dapper)
- **dagger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dagger-vs-dapper)
- **damper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dapper)
- **dampen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dampen-vs-dapper)

## Common misspellings (7)
`adpper`, `dapepr`, `daper`, `dapperr`, `dappre`, `ddapper`, `dpaper`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dapper