gossiper
noun
gossiper is spelled G-O-S-S-I-P-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gossiper means “A person who gossips” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gossiper is gossipers.
How many letters and syllables are in gossiper?
| Letters | 8: G-O-S-S-I-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is gossiper?
Gossiper appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 gossiper?
Gossiper has 3 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-gossiper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gossiper
- gossipers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gossiper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who gossips.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gossiper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who gossips:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | commère, ragoteur, ragoteuse |
| German | Waschweib, Tratsche, Tratschtante, Klatschtante, Tratschweib, Klatschweib |
| Portuguese | fofoqueiro, mexeriqueiro, bisbilhoteiro, coscuvilheiro, fuxiqueiro |
| Spanish | chismoso, copuchento, argüendero, alcahuete, cotilla, correveidile |
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 gossiper come from?
From gossip + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).