rockhopper
noun
rockhopper is spelled R-O-C-K-H-O-P-P-E-R: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rockhopper means “A rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes spp.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rockhopper is rockhoppers.
How many letters and syllables are in rockhopper?
| Letters | 10: R-O-C-K-H-O-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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 rockhopper?
Rockhopper appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 rockhopper?
- 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-rockhopper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rockhopper
- rockhoppers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rockhopper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes spp.).
- 2
Any of the order Archaeognatha of jumping bristletails.
- 3
A disk on the bottom of a trawler-net that lifts when it hits a rock or bump, raising the net, preventing damage to the net or the seafloor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does rockhopper come from?
From rock + hopper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).