traps
/tɹæps/noun, verb
traps is spelled T-R-A-P-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, traps means “A trap set (drum kit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in traps?
| Letters | 5: T-R-A-P-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 traps?
Traps appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th 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 traps?
- US /tɹæps/
Traps has one syllable (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-traps.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with traps
Also written: trappings.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with traps?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as traps from its last stressed vowel (/æps/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: parts, strap, sprat.
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).
What does traps mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A trap set (drum kit).
- 2
archaicArchaic form of trappings (“clothing, equipment; horse coverings”).
- 3
plural of trap
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of trap
noun
- 1
Acronym of TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).