stopper
/ˈstɑ.pɚ/noun, verb
stopper is spelled S-T-O-P-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stopper means “Someone or something that stops something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stopper is stoppers.
How many letters and syllables are in stopper?
| Letters | 7: S-T-O-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st 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 stopper?
Stopper appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 stopper?
- UK /ˈstɒp.ə/
- Australia /ˈstɔp.ə/
- US /ˈstɑ.pɚ/
Stopper 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: En-au-stopper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stopper?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stopper from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpəɹ/):
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 stopper
- stoppers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- stoppering participle, present
- stoppered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stopper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone or something that stops something.
- 2
A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
Put a stopper in the knot.
- 3
A bung or cork.
We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
- 4
informalGoalkeeper.
He's the number one stopper in the country.
- 5
slangIn the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
- 6
A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- 7
Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
- 8
A short rope for making something fast.
verb
- 1
To close a container by using a stopper.
He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stopper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 stopper come from?
From stop + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).