esker
/ˈɛskɚ/noun
esker is spelled E-S-K-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, esker means “A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of esker is eskers.
How many letters and syllables are in esker?
| Letters | 5: E-S-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is esker?
Esker appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 esker?
- US /ˈɛskɚ/
- UK /ˈɛskə/
Esker 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-esker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of esker
- eskers plural
- eskar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does esker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Esker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ridge created under glacier:
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 esker come from?
From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).