croaker
/ˈkɹoʊkɚ/noun
croaker is spelled C-R-O-A-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, croaker means “Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of croaker is croakers.
How many letters and syllables are in croaker?
| Letters | 7: C-R-O-A-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th 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 croaker?
Croaker appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 croaker?
- US /ˈkɹoʊkɚ/
Croaker 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-croaker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with croaker?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as croaker from its last stressed vowel (/oʊkəɹ/):
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 croaker
- croakers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does croaker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound.
- 2
Any of certain fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds they make.
- 3
informalA frog.
- 4
slangA doctor.
- 5
slangOne who will soon die; a goner.
- 6
datedA vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does croaker come from?
From croak + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).