rocker
/ˈɹɑ.kɚ/noun
rocker is spelled R-O-C-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rocker means “A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rocker is rockers.
How many letters and syllables are in rocker?
| Letters | 6: R-O-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th 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 rocker?
Rocker appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 rocker?
- UK /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈɹɑ.kɚ/
- Australia /ˈɹɔk.ə(ɹ)/
Rocker 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)-Vealhurl-rocker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rocker?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rocker from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: croker, corker.
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 rocker
- rockers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rocker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
- 2
A rocking chair.
- 3
The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design – Bruce Jones https://web.archive.org/web/20051212041317/http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm
- 4
The breve below as in ḫ.
- 5
Someone passionate about rock music.
- 6
A musician who plays rock music.
- 7
informalA rock music song.
"Girls & Boys" is […] also a tart, sneering rocker, full of ingenious musical gestures […]
- 8
One who rocks something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rocker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Wiege, Wippe, Schaukelbrett, Kufe , Schaukelstuhl , Rocker |
| French | rockeur, rockeuse |
| Portuguese | roqueiro, roqueira |
| Spanish | roquero, roquera, rockero, rockera |
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 rocker come from?
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).