rapper
/ˈɹæpɚ/noun
rapper is spelled R-A-P-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rapper means “The knocker of a door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rapper is rappers.
How many letters and syllables are in rapper?
| Letters | 6: R-A-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is rapper?
Rapper appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 rapper?
- /ˈɹæpɚ/
Rapper 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rapper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with rapper
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: wrapper (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of rapper
- rappers plural
- rappuh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rapper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The knocker of a door.
- 2
A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
- 3
A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
- 4
A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.
- 5
ScotlandobsoleteA sword.
- 6
A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
- 7
A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
- 8
colloquialdatedA bold lie; a whopper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rapper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense performer of rap music, or one who raps:
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 rapper come from?
From rap + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).