scrapper
noun
scrapper is spelled S-C-R-A-P-P-E-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scrapper means “A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scrapper is scrappers.
How many letters and syllables are in scrapper?
| Letters | 8: S-C-R-A-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd 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 scrapper?
Scrapper appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 scrapper?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scrapper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scrapper
- scrappers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scrapper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer.
After the uncle died they sold off most of his rustbuckets to a scrapper and kept one to fix up.
- 2
A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.
He's a real scrapper, even against impossible odds, he always keeps fighting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scrapper come from?
From scrap + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).