duiker
/ˈdaɪkɚ/noun
duiker is spelled D-U-I-K-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, duiker means “Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of duiker is duikers.
How many letters and syllables are in duiker?
| Letters | 6: D-U-I-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th 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; 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 duiker?
Duiker appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 duiker?
- US /ˈdaɪkɚ/
- UK /ˈdaɪkə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-duiker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with duiker?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as duiker from its last stressed vowel (/aɪkəɹ/):
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 duiker
- duikers plural
- duyker
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does duiker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Duiker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense One of any species of small antelope:
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 duiker come from?
Borrowed from Afrikaans duiker (literally “diver”), from Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Piecewise doublet of ducker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).