shipper
ship·per/ˈʃɪp.ɚ/noun
shipper is spelled S-H-I-P-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ship·per). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shipper means “The person or organization that ships (sends) something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shipper is shippers.
How many letters and syllables are in shipper?
| Letters | 7: S-H-I-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ship·per |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shipper?
Shipper appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 shipper?
- UK /ˈʃɪp.ə/
- UK [ˈʃɪp.ə]
- US /ˈʃɪp.ɚ/
Shipper has 2 syllables, split ship·per in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shipper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shipper?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shipper from its last stressed vowel (/ɪpəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shipper
- shippers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shipper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA seaman; mariner; skipper.
- 2
The person or organization that ships (sends) something.
The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived.
- 3
A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.
- 4
slangA person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shipper come from?
Either formed anew from ship + -er or borrowed from Middle Low German schipper; compare skipper and Old English sċipere (“sailor”). Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).