wiper
/ˈwaɪpɚ/noun
wiper is spelled W-I-P-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wiper means “Someone who wipes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wiper is wipers.
How many letters and syllables are in wiper?
| Letters | 5: W-I-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 wiper?
Wiper appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 wiper?
- US /ˈwaɪpɚ/
Wiper 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wiper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wiper?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wiper 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 wiper
- wipers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wiper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who wipes.
- 2
Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
- 3
Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
- 4
A movable electric contact in some devices.
- 5
A program or process that erases data.
- 6
A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
- 7
obsoleteslangAn impertinent young man.
- 8
A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wiper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something used for wiping:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | enjugador, enjutador |
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 wiper come from?
From wipe + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).