# rocker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɒk.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #18,682

## Definitions
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.)
4. The breve below as in ḫ.
5. Someone passionate about rock music.
6. A musician who plays rock music.
7. A rock music song.
8. One who rocks something.
9. A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
10. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
11. A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.
12. A rocking horse.
13. A rocker board.
14. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
15. A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.
16. A rock shaft.
17. A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.

## Etymology
From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **roger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-roger)
- **rocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-rocks)
- **rocky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-rocky)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-rover)
- **rower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-rower)
- **roper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-roper)
- **rocket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-rocket)
- **roster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-roster)
- **roller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-roller)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-router)
- **Rodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-rodger)
- **Rockies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocker-vs-rockies)
- **rock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rock-vs-rocker)
- **racer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racer-vs-rocker)
- **roche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roche-vs-rocker)
- **richer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/richer-vs-rocker)
- **robber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rocker)
- **racket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racket-vs-rocker)
- **Rickey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rickey-vs-rocker)

## Common misspellings (9)
`orcker`, `rcoker`, `roccker`, `rocekr`, `rockerr`, `rockker`, `rockre`, `rokcer`, `rrocker`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rocker