jasper
jas·per/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/noun, verb
jasper is spelled J-A-S-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (jas·per). It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Jasper, the name). As a noun, jasper means “An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jasper is jaspers.
How many letters and syllables are in jasper?
| Letters | 6: J-A-S-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: jas·per |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th 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; 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 jasper?
Jasper appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Jasper, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jasper?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/
- UK /ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/
- US /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/
Jasper has 2 syllables, split jas·per in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-jasper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jasper?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jasper from its last stressed vowel (/æspəɹ/):
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 jasper
- jaspers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- jaspering participle, present
- jaspered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jasper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteAny bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
- 2
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
- 3
Jasperware pottery.
- 4
UKcolloquialA wasp.
- 5
USslangA person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
- 6
A stranger.
verb
- 1
To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jasper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense precious stone:
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 jasper come from?
From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).