lickers

/ˈlɪkɚz/

//ˈlɪkɚz// noun

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"lickers" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lickers” is uncommon English (frequency #91,741 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,741
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of licker

Corpus desk

Index EN-lickers · lickers · English

lickers · rank #91,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,741
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH Levittown

Nearest frequency peer: Levittown (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “lickers”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “lickers” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lickers
PropertyValue
Headwordlickers
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈlɪkɚz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,741
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lickers” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).lickersfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Levittown” (#91,740), “Ligurian” (#91,742), “Likert” (#91,743). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “lickers” is #91,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lickers is uncommon English at frequency #91,741 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɪkɚz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of licker".

No misspelling variants are generated for lickers in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is lickers, spelled L-I-C-K-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of licker

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lickers"?
"lickers" is spelled L-I-C-K-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈlɪkɚz/.
What does "lickers" mean?
As a noun, "lickers" means: plural of licker
How do you pronounce "lickers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lickers" is /ˈlɪkɚz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lickers" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lickers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lording#91,754lacunae#91,715makeout#91,770Manisha#91,772

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list