leaper
noun
leaper is spelled L-E-A-P-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, leaper means “One who leaps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of leaper is leapers.
How many letters and syllables are in leaper?
| Letters | 6: L-E-A-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th 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 leaper?
Leaper appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 leaper?
- 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-leaper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with leaper?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as leaper.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: repeal.
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 leaper
- leapers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leaper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who leaps.
- 2
A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
- 3
A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
- 4
Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).
- 5
A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
noun
- 1
slangA fan of the television series Quantum Leap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does leaper come from?
From Middle English lepere, lepare, from Old English hlēapere (“runner, leaper, dancer, courier, vagrant”), equivalent to leap + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Lööper (“runner”), West Frisian ljepper (“leaper”), West Frisian loper (“runner”), Dutch loper (“runner”), German Läufer (“runner”), Swedish löpare (“runner”), Icelandic hlaupari (“runner”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).