# shocker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɑkɚ/ · frequency rank #24,307

## Definitions
1. One who or that which shocks or startles.
2. A device for giving electric shocks.
3. Something done very badly.
4. Synonym of stooker.
5. An offensive hand gesture suggesting two in the pink, one in the stink.

## Etymology
From shock + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **shower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-shower)
- **soccer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-soccer)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-sucker)
- **socket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-socket)
- **smoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-smoker)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-stoker)
- **sicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-sicker)
- **shorter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-shorter)
- **shooter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-shooter)
- **sticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-sticker)
- **stocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-stocked)
- **shopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-shopper)
- **snooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-snooker)
- **slacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-slacker)
- **shock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shock-vs-shocker)
- **shaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaker-vs-shocker)
- **shocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocked-vs-shocker)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsocker`, `shcoker`, `shhocker`, `shoccker`, `shocekr`, `shockerr`, `shockker`, `shockre`, `shokcer`, `sohcker`, `sshocker`

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