gaper
noun
gaper is spelled G-A-P-E-R: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gaper means “One who gapes; a starer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaper is gapers.
How many letters and syllables are in gaper?
| Letters | 5: G-A-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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; 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 gaper?
Gaper appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 gaper?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-gaper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gaper?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gaper.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grape, pager.
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 gaper
- gapers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gaper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who gapes; a starer.
- 2
Any of several species of burrowing clams.
- 3
A comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.
- 4
A fish of species Champsodon capensis
- 5
USslangAn inexperienced skier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gaper come from?
From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).