stumper
/ˈstʌmpɚ/noun
stumper is spelled S-T-U-M-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stumper means “One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stumper is stumpers.
How many letters and syllables are in stumper?
| Letters | 7: S-T-U-M-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd 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 stumper?
Stumper appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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 stumper?
- UK /ˈstʌmpə/
- US /ˈstʌmpɚ/
Stumper 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-stumper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stumper?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stumper from its last stressed vowel (/ʌmpəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sumpter.
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 stumper
- stumpers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stumper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician.
- 2
informalA wicketkeeper.
He's not yet well known, but he's a good stumper.
- 3
informalA difficult puzzle or problem.
Global warming is a real stumper.
- 4
archaicslangA boastful person
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does stumper come from?
From stump + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).