ricket
verb, noun
ricket is spelled R-I-C-K-E-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, ricket means “To move rapidly and uncertainly, often in a noisy, clamorous, or reckless manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ricket?
| Letters | 6: R-I-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ricket?
Ricket appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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).
What rhymes with ricket?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ricket.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ticker.
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 ricket
- more ricket comparative
- most ricket superlative
- rickets present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- ricketing participle, present
- ricketed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ricket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To move rapidly and uncertainly, often in a noisy, clamorous, or reckless manner.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA racket or disturbance.
- 2
obsoleteA policeman's rattle.
- 3
An error; a mistake.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteUnsteady, rickety.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ricket come from?
Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of racket, influenced by Etymology 1 above, or perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk rikta (“to make a noise, creak”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).