jeepers
interjection
jeepers is spelled J-E-E-P-E-R-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, jeepers means “used to express surprise or dismay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jeepers?
| Letters | 7: J-E-E-P-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is jeepers?
Jeepers appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 jeepers?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-jeepers.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does jeepers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
used to express surprise or dismay
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jeepers come from?
Alteration of Jesus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).