striper
/ˈstɹaɪpɚ/noun
striper is spelled S-T-R-I-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, striper means “A device that applies stripes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of striper is stripers.
How many letters and syllables are in striper?
| Letters | 7: S-T-R-I-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 striper?
Striper appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd 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 striper?
- /ˈstɹaɪpɚ/
- /ˈstɹaɪpə/
Striper 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-striper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of striper
- stripers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does striper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device that applies stripes.
We rented a line striper for the parking lot.
- 2
The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.
I caught a striper today.
- 3
A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).