acker
/ˈa.kə/obsolete
acker is spelled A-C-K-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acker means “A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acker is ackers.
How many letters and syllables are in acker?
| Letters | 5: A-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd 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 acker?
Acker appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 acker?
- UK /ˈa.kə/
Acker 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).
Words people confuse with acker
Also written: acre.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with acker?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as acker from its last stressed vowel (/akə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: creak, crake.
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 acker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does acker come from?
Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).