looper
/ˈluːpə(ɹ)/noun
looper is spelled L-O-O-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, looper means “An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of looper is loopers.
How many letters and syllables are in looper?
| Letters | 6: L-O-O-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,954th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 looper?
Looper appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th 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 looper?
- /ˈluːpə(ɹ)/
Looper has 2 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: En-au-looper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with looper?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as looper.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pooler, reloop.
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 looper
- loopers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does looper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
- 2
A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.
- 3
A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
- 4
Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).
- 5
slangA golf caddy
- 6
IrelandderogatoryslangA crazy person; a maniac.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does looper come from?
From loop + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).