shickered
/ˈʃɪkəd/
"shickered" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shickered” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of shicker
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shickered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈʃɪkəd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shickered” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for shickered is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʃɪkəd/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of shicker".
No generated misspelling entries exist for shickered in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכּור. The correct English form is shickered, spelled S-H-I-C-K-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of shicker
Etymology
From Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכּור.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “shickered”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-I-C-K-E-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.