shooter
shoo·ter/ˈʃuːtəː/noun
shooter is spelled S-H-O-O-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (shoo·ter). It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shooter means “Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shooter is shooters.
How many letters and syllables are in shooter?
| Letters | 7: S-H-O-O-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: shoo·ter |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 shooter?
Shooter appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th 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 shooter?
- UK /ˈʃuːtəː/
- UK [ˈʃʰʊu̯tʰəː]
- /ˈʃʉːtə/
Shooter has 2 syllables, split shoo·ter in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-shooter.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-shooter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shooter?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shooter from its last stressed vowel (/utə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reshoot, soother.
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 shooter
- shooters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shooter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
The shooter put a bullet clean through her head.
- 2
The player throwing the dice.
- 3
A device for shooting.
- 4
slangA firearm.
- 5
slangAn associate willing to act in one's defence or to act against one's enemies, especially by force.
- 6
A loyal advocate or fan.
- 7
A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
- 8
slangA professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shooter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tireur, tireuse , flingue , jeu de fusillade |
| German | Schütze, Schützin, Schießer, Schießerin , Knarre , Ballerspiel |
| Portuguese | atirador, atiradora , jogo de tiro |
| Spanish | tirador, tiradora |
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 shooter come from?
From Middle English schoter, schuter, schotter, scheter, schetare, scheotere, from Old English sċēotere (“shooter”), equivalent to shoot + -er. Compare Dutch schieter, schutter (“shooter”), German Schießer (“shooter”), Swedish skjutare, West Frisian sjitter (“shooter”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).