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shrimper

noun

shrimper is spelled S-H-R-I-M-P-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shrimper means “One who fishes for or catches shrimp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shrimper is shrimpers.

How many letters and syllables are in shrimper?

Letters8: S-H-R-I-M-P-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 shrimper?

Shrimper appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 shrimper?

    Shrimper has 2 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 shrimper

    • shrimpers plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does shrimper mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      One who fishes for or catches shrimp.

    2. 2

      A boat used in fishing for shrimp.

    noun

    as Shrimper
    1. 1

      someone connected with Southend United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does shrimper come from?

    From shrimp + -er.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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