# roper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹəʊpə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #26,585

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
2. A ropemaker (a maker of ropes).
3. One who ropes goods; a packer.
4. Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”).
5. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
6. An undercover informer.
7. Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims.

## Etymology
From Middle English roper, ropere; equivalent to rope + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rose)
- **Rowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rowe)
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rote)
- **rove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rove)
- **roses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-roses)
- **ruler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-ruler)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rover)
- **ropes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-ropes)
- **ryder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-ryder)
- **rotor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rotor)
- **rosen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rosen)
- **rower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rower)
- **rupee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rupee)
- **rowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rowed)
- **Rouen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rouen)
- **roster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-roster)
- **Rupert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-rupert)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-router)
- **roe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roe-vs-roper)
- **rape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rape-vs-roper)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orper`, `roepr`, `roperr`, `ropper`, `ropre`, `rpoer`, `rroper`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/roper