snape
/sneɪp/verb
snape is spelled S-N-A-P-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, snape means “To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in snape?
| Letters | 5: S-N-A-P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 snape?
Snape appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 snape?
- US /sneɪp/
Snape has one syllable (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)-Vealhurl-snape.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snape?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snape from its last stressed vowel (/eɪp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: aspen, spean.
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 snape
- snapes present, singular, he/she/it
- snaping participle, present
- snaped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snape mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
- 2
UKarchaicTo check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
- 3
UKarchaicSynonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”).
The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him.
- 4
UKarchaicTo chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does snape come from?
Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).