hijacker
hi·jack·er/ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒækəɹ/noun
hijacker is spelled H-I-J-A-C-K-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (hi·jack·er). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hijacker means “Someone who hijacks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hijacker is hijackers.
How many letters and syllables are in hijacker?
| Letters | 8: H-I-J-A-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: hi·jack·er |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th 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 hijacker?
Hijacker appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 hijacker?
- /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒækəɹ/
Hijacker has 3 syllables, split hi·jack·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-hijacker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hijacker
- hijackers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hijacker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who hijacks.
the hijacker of an aeroplane
- 2
Hijackware.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hijacker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who hijacks:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Entführer, Entführerin |
| Portuguese | sequestrador |
| Spanish | aeropirata, secuestrador |
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 hijacker come from?
From hijack + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).