pecker
/ˈpɛkə(ɹ)/noun
pecker is spelled P-E-C-K-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pecker means “Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pecker is peckers.
How many letters and syllables are in pecker?
| Letters | 6: P-E-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 pecker?
Pecker appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 pecker?
- /ˈpɛkə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pecker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pecker
- peckers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pecker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly
- 2
Any tool used in a pecking fashion, particularly kinds of hoes or pickaxes.
- 3
Any machine or machine part moving in a pecking fashion, particularly
- 4
obsoleteA picker, a shuttle-driver: the device which moves backwards and forwards in the shuttle-box to drive the shuttle through the warp.
- 5
A kind of V-shaped telegraphic relay.
- 6
USClipping of pecker mill, a rice mill.
- 7
A bird, particularly a member of the group including the woodpeckers, flowerpeckers, oxpeckers, and berrypeckers.
- 8
UScolloquialClipping of woodpecker (Picidae).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pecker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who or something that pecks:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Picker |
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 pecker come from?
From Middle English pekker, equivalent to peck (“to pick at something in the manner of a bird”) + -er (“forming agent nouns”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).