viper
/ˈvaɪpɚ/noun
viper is spelled V-I-P-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, viper means “A venomous snake in the family Viperidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of viper is vipers.
How many letters and syllables are in viper?
| Letters | 5: V-I-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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 viper?
Viper appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 viper?
- US /ˈvaɪpɚ/
Viper 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-viper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with viper?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as viper from its last stressed vowel (/aɪpəɹ/):
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 viper
- vipers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does viper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
- 2
informalAny venomous snake.
- 3
A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
- 4
slangA person who smokes marijuana.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Viper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a poisonous snake in the family Viperidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vipère |
| German | Kreuzotter, Otter, Viper |
| Portuguese | víbora |
| Spanish | víbora, timbo, tamagás |
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 viper come from?
From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) + parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).