souper
soup·er/ˈsupɚ/noun
souper is spelled S-O-U-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (soup·er). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, souper means “Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of souper is soupers.
How many letters and syllables are in souper?
| Letters | 6: S-O-U-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: soup·er |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 souper?
Souper appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 souper?
- US /ˈsupɚ/
- UK /ˈsuːpə/
Souper has 2 syllables, split soup·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with souper
Sounds like: super (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with souper?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as souper from its last stressed vowel (/upəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: poseur.
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 souper
- soupers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does souper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandSomeone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.
- 2
IrelandA (former) Catholic who converted to Protestantism in order to gain such food.
Croghan Soupers
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does souper come from?
From soup + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).