sniper
/ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/noun
sniper is spelled S-N-I-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sniper means “A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sniper is snipers.
How many letters and syllables are in sniper?
| Letters | 6: S-N-I-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th 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 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 sniper?
Sniper appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 sniper?
- US /ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/
Sniper 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sniper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sniper?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sniper from its last stressed vowel (/aɪpəɹ/):
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 sniper
- snipers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sniper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
The sniper shot him in the head.
- 2
A sniper rifle.
- 3
Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
- 4
One who shoots from a concealed position.
- 5
One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
- 6
A hunter of snipe (the bird).
- 7
slangA player who specializes in scoring goals.
Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.
- 8
A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sniper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | franc-tireur |
| German | Scharfschütze , Heckenschütze |
| Portuguese | franco-atirador, atirador furtivo, atirador, sniper |
| 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 sniper come from?
From snipe + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).