sharecropper
noun
sharecropper is spelled S-H-A-R-E-C-R-O-P-P-E-R: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sharecropper means “A person who enters a sharecropping agreement with a land owner; one who sharecrops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sharecropper is sharecroppers.
How many letters and syllables are in sharecropper?
| Letters | 12: S-H-A-R-E-C-R-O-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sharecropper?
Sharecropper appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 sharecropper?
Sharecropper has 3 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).
Forms of sharecropper
- sharecroppers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sharecropper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who enters a sharecropping agreement with a land owner; one who sharecrops.
- 2
A fiction book set in a fictional universe created by a different author, typically produced under licence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sharecropper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métayer, métayère, colon, méger |
| German | Naturalpächter, Halbpächter, Teilpächter |
| Portuguese | parceiro rural, meeiro |
| Spanish | aparcero |
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.