sharpshooter
noun
sharpshooter is spelled S-H-A-R-P-S-H-O-O-T-E-R: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sharpshooter means “A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sharpshooter is sharpshooters.
How many letters and syllables are in sharpshooter?
| Letters | 12: S-H-A-R-P-S-H-O-O-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 sharpshooter?
Sharpshooter appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 sharpshooter?
- US
Sharpshooter 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sharpshooter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sharpshooter
- sharpshooters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sharpshooter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
- 2
A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
- 3
A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sharpshooter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense marksman:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tireur d'élite |
| German | Scharfschütze, Scharfschützin |
| Portuguese | atirador de elite |
| Spanish | francotirador |
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 sharpshooter come from?
sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).