esky
/ˈɛs.ki/noun
esky is spelled E-S-K-Y: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, esky means “An insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of esky is eskies.
How many letters and syllables are in esky?
| Letters | 4: E-S-K-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 esky?
Esky appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 esky?
- /ˈɛs.ki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_esky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with esky?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as esky.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: keys.
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 esky
- eskies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does esky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaAn insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does esky come from?
From Esky (“brand name”), a brand name originally owned by Malley's Ltd, of Sydney, Australia, from 1952; since genericised. From Esk(imo) + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).