hackery
noun
hackery is spelled H-A-C-K-E-R-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hackery means “A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hackery is hackeries.
How many letters and syllables are in hackery?
| Letters | 7: H-A-C-K-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is hackery?
Hackery appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 hackery?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-hackery.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hackery
- hackeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hackery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaA two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
- 2
IndiaA two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.
- 3
derogatoryslangAdvocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
- 4
slangThe use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hackery come from?
Uncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), from Hindi चक्र (cakra, “wheel”) under influence from -ery, and from Gujarati ચક્રો (cakro, “ox-cart, rickshaw”), the latter two both from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).