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supper

/ˈsʌpɚ/noun, verb

supper is spelled S-U-P-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supper means “An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supper is suppers.

How many letters and syllables are in supper?

Letters6: S-U-P-P-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 supper?

Supper appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 supper?

  • UK /ˈsʌpə/
  • US /ˈsʌpɚ/
  • /ˈsʊpə/

Supper 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-us-supper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with supper?

5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as supper from its last stressed vowel (/ʌpəɹ/):

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 supper

  • suppers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • suppering participle, present
  • suppered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does supper mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.

  2. 2

    Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

    We normally have supper at 7.

  3. 3

    ScotlandslangA meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

    a fish supper

  4. 4

    A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

verb

  1. 1

    To consume a snack before going to bed.

  2. 2

    To eat dinner.

  3. 3

    To provide (a person or animal) with supper.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Supper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchsouper (food before going to bed)
GermanNachtessen, Nachtimbiss, Abendessen, Nachtmahl (food before going to bed), abendessen (to eat dinner – see also dine, dinner)
Portugueseceia (food before going to bed), jantar (dinner at night)
Spanishcena, resopón (food before going to bed), cenar (to eat dinner – see also dine, dinner)

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 supper come from?

From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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