clicker
/ˈklɪkɚ/noun
clicker is spelled C-L-I-C-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clicker means “The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clicker is clickers.
How many letters and syllables are in clicker?
| Letters | 7: C-L-I-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 clicker?
Clicker appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 clicker?
- UK /ˈklɪkə/
- US /ˈklɪkɚ/
Clicker 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-au-clicker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with clicker?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as clicker from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkəɹ/):
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 clicker
- clickers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clicker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangThe remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.
We have a clicker for the TV, one for the VCR, one for the DVD player and another one that does it all.
- 2
An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
- 3
A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.
- 4
A machine that cuts materials using a steel rule die. The name comes from the sound (click) when the material is cut. May be hand, pneumatic, or hydraulic powered.
- 5
A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.
- 6
A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
- 7
Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
- 8
UKobsoleteSomeone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does clicker come from?
From click + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).