ocker
/ˈɒkə/noun, verb, adjective
ocker is spelled O-C-K-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ocker means “Interest on money; usury; increase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ocker is ockers.
How many letters and syllables are in ocker?
| Letters | 5: O-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 ocker?
Ocker appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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 ocker?
- UK /ˈɒkə/
Ocker 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: En-au-ocker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ocker?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ocker from its last stressed vowel (/ɒkə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: coker.
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 ocker
- ockers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ockering participle, present
- ockered participle, past
- more ocker comparative
- most ocker superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ocker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Interest on money; usury; increase.
- 2
AustraliaslangA boorish or uncultivated Australian.
verb
- 1
To increase (in price); add to.
adjective
- 1
AustraliaslangUncultivated; boorish.
noun
- 1
AustraliaslangAlternative form of ocker (a boorish or uncultivated Australian)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ocker come from?
From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”). More at oker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).