hawker
/ˈhɔkɚ/noun
hawker is spelled H-A-W-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hawker means “A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hawker is hawkers.
How many letters and syllables are in hawker?
| Letters | 6: H-A-W-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th 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 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 hawker?
Hawker appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 hawker?
- UK /ˈhɔːkə/
- US /ˈhɔkɚ/
- US /ˈhɑkɚ/
Hawker 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)-Sapaa-hawker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hawker?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hawker from its last stressed vowel (/ɔkəɹ/):
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 hawker
- hawkers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hawker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- 2
Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- 3
A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- 4
Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hawker come from?
Probably borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).