knicker
/ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/noun
knicker is spelled K-N-I-C-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, knicker means “Of or relating to knickers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knicker is knickers.
How many letters and syllables are in knicker?
| Letters | 7: K-N-I-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 knicker?
Knicker appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 knicker?
- /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
Knicker 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)-Flame,_not_lame-knicker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with knicker
Sounds like: nicker (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of knicker
- knickers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knicker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Of or relating to knickers.
knicker elastic, knicker drawer, knicker thief
- 2
knickerbockers
- 3
UKUSdatedA kind of marble used in games, originally made of clay, baked hard and oiled.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does knicker come from?
From Dutch knikker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).