trooper
troop·er/ˈtɹuːpə(ɹ)/noun, verb
trooper is spelled T-R-O-O-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (troop·er). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “trooper vs trouper” about 20 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, trooper means “A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trooper is troopers.
How many letters and syllables are in trooper?
| Letters | 7: T-R-O-O-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: troop·er |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is trooper?
Trooper appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 trooper?
- /ˈtɹuːpə(ɹ)/
Trooper has 2 syllables, split troop·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-trooper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with trooper
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: trouper (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: state trooper.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with trooper?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as trooper.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: potrero.
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 trooper
- troopers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- troopering participle, present
- troopered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trooper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
- 2
A cavalry horse; a charger.
- 3
A soldier.
- 4
UKA troopship.
- 5
USEllipsis of state trooper.
- 6
AustraliaA mounted policeman.
verb
- 1
To work as a trooper.
- 2
To work steadily at an unpleasant job without complaint.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of trooper.
Wiktionary also records trooper as a common misspelling of another word in some uses; the senses above are its own.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate trooper?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of trooper: Tpr.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trooper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a soldier:
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 trooper come from?
From troop + -er, from French troupe. The sense of “one who endures adversity” comes from trouper (“member of an acting troupe”) but through assimilation with the sense of “soldier” has come to be usually spelled “trooper”.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).