docker
/ˈdɑkɚ/noun
docker is spelled D-O-C-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, docker means “One who performs docking, as of tails” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of docker is dockers.
How many letters and syllables are in docker?
| Letters | 6: D-O-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th 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 docker?
Docker appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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 docker?
- US /ˈdɑkɚ/
Docker 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-docker.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with docker?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as docker from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: corked.
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 docker
- dockers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does docker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who performs docking, as of tails.
- 2
One who engages in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
- 3
Synonym of dockworker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does docker come from?
From dock (verb) + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).