sinker
/ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)/noun
sinker is spelled S-I-N-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sinker means “That which sinks or descends” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sinker is sinkers.
How many letters and syllables are in sinker?
| Letters | 6: S-I-N-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 sinker?
Sinker appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 sinker?
- /ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)/
Sinker 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-sinker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sinker?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sinker.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reskin.
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 sinker
- sinkers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sinker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which sinks or descends.
- 2
One who sinks something.
- 3
A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
Hook the sinker onto this loop.
- 4
Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball.
His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.
- 5
A sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
- 6
slangA doughnut; a biscuit.
- 7
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sinker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense weight used in fishing:
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 sinker come from?
From sink + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).