# tapper

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,445

## Definitions
1. One who makes a tapping noise.
2. A tap-dancer.
3. A wiretapper.
4. A weakly hit ground ball.
5. In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
6. The lesser spotted woodpecker.
7. A tapster.
8. An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.

## Etymology
From tap + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **taser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-taser)
- **tater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-tater)
- **temper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-temper)
- **topper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-topper)
- **taster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-taster)
- **tasker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-tasker)
- **tipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-tipper)
- **trapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapper-vs-trapper)
- **tape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tape-vs-tapper)
- **taper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taper-vs-tapper)
- **taker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taker-vs-tapper)
- **tamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamer-vs-tapper)
- **taller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taller-vs-tapper)
- **tapped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tapped-vs-tapper)
- **tanner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanner-vs-tapper)
- **tanker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanker-vs-tapper)
- **Taipei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taipei-vs-tapper)
- **talker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talker-vs-tapper)
- **tamper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamper-vs-tapper)

## Common misspellings (6)
`atpper`, `tapepr`, `tapperr`, `tappre`, `tpaper`, `ttapper`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tapper