shocker
/ˈʃɑkɚ/noun
shocker is spelled S-H-O-C-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shocker means “One who or that which shocks or startles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shocker is shockers.
How many letters and syllables are in shocker?
| Letters | 7: S-H-O-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 shocker?
Shocker appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 shocker?
- US /ˈʃɑkɚ/
- UK /ˈʃɒkə/
Shocker 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: En-au-shocker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shocker?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shocker from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkəɹ/):
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 shocker
- shockers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shocker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialOne who or that which shocks or startles.
The election results were a real shocker.
- 2
A device for giving electric shocks.
- 3
colloquialSomething done very badly.
My performance today was an absolute shocker, I just wasn't feeling it.
- 4
rareSynonym of stooker.
- 5
colloquialslangvulgarAn offensive hand gesture suggesting two in the pink, one in the stink.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shocker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a device for giving electric shocks:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | soqueador |
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 shocker come from?
From shock + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).