trapper
/ˈtɹæpɚ/noun
trapper is spelled T-R-A-P-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trapper means “One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trapper is trappers.
How many letters and syllables are in trapper?
| Letters | 7: T-R-A-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th 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 trapper?
Trapper appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 trapper?
- US /ˈtɹæpɚ/
Trapper 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-trapper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trapper?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trapper from its last stressed vowel (/æpəɹ/):
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 trapper
- trappers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trapper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.
- 2
A worker (usually a child) who opens and shuts a door in a gallery or level of a mine, to manage ventilation and access.
- 3
An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison.
- 4
slangA drug dealer.
- 5
slangA performer of trap music.
- 6
Synonym of catcher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trapper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who traps animals:
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 trapper come from?
From trap + -er, compare french trappeur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).