topper
top·per/ˈtɑpɚ/noun
topper is spelled T-O-P-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (top·per). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, topper means “Something that is on top” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of topper is toppers.
How many letters and syllables are in topper?
| Letters | 6: T-O-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: top·per |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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; 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 topper?
Topper appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 topper?
- UK /ˈtɒpə/
- US /ˈtɑpɚ/
- Australia /ˈtɔpə/
Topper has 2 syllables, split top·per in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-topper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with topper?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as topper from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpəɹ/):
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 topper
- toppers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does topper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that is on top.
- 2
A top hat.
- 3
Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.
In his latest standup set, his topper is a callback to the dog bowl story.
- 4
USA short outer jacket worn by women or children.
- 5
A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.
- 6
IndiaThe student who achieves the highest score in an examination.
- 7
colloquialThe head or chief of an organization.
- 8
A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does topper come from?
From Middle English toppor, equivalent to top + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).