tipper
/ˈtɪpɚ/noun
tipper is spelled T-I-P-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tipper means “Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tipper is tippers.
How many letters and syllables are in tipper?
| Letters | 6: T-I-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 tipper?
Tipper appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 tipper?
- US /ˈtɪpɚ/
- UK /ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/
Tipper 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-tipper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tipper?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tipper from its last stressed vowel (/ɪpəɹ/):
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 tipper
- tippers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tipper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
- 2
slangA small moustache.
- 3
UKA goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck, tipper lorry, or dump truck.
- 4
A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
- 5
One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
- 6
A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
- 7
A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
- 8
A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tipper come from?
From tip + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).