sweeper
/ˈswipɚ/noun
sweeper is spelled S-W-E-E-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sweeper means “One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sweeper is sweepers.
How many letters and syllables are in sweeper?
| Letters | 7: S-W-E-E-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th 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 sweeper?
Sweeper appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 sweeper?
- US /ˈswipɚ/
Sweeper 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-sweeper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sweeper?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sweeper from its last stressed vowel (/ipəɹ/):
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 sweeper
- sweepers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sweeper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
- 2
One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
- 3
A detector for mines.
- 4
Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
- 5
A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
- 6
A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
- 7
A batsman who plays sweep shots.
- 8
A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sweeper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | balayeur , libéro, libero |
| German | Raumpfleger, Putzfrau, Putzmann, Kaminkehrer , Libero, Ausputzer |
| Spanish | barrendero |
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 sweeper come from?
From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”, literally “sweeper”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).