sapsucker
/ˈsæpˌsʌkəɹ/noun
sapsucker is a noun meaning “A woodpecker of the eastern United States (of the genus Sphyrapicus) that feeds mainly on the sap of trees” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-P-S-U-C-K-E-R, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of sapsucker is sapsuckers.
What does sapsucker mean?
noun
- 1
A woodpecker of the eastern United States (of the genus Sphyrapicus) that feeds mainly on the sap of trees
- 2
Any woodpecker that punctures the bark of trees and feeds upon the sap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce sapsucker?
- US /ˈsæpˌsʌkəɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sapsucker
- sapsuckers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sapsucker?
Sapsucker appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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).
Sapsucker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Sphyrapicus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Saftlecker |
| Spanish | chupasavia |
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 sapsucker come from?
From sap + sucker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).