# sinker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #46,779

## Definitions
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.
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.
5. A sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
6. A 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.

## Etymology
From sink + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **sinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sinks)
- **sneer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sneer)
- **sister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sister)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sucker)
- **sinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sinner)
- **smoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-smoker)
- **sunken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sunken)
- **sitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sitter)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-stoker)
- **sticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sticker)
- **skinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-skinner)
- **spinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-spinner)
- **stinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-stinger)
- **swinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-swinger)
- **sink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sink-vs-sinker)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sine-vs-sinker)
- **since** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/since-vs-sinker)
- **silver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silver-vs-sinker)
- **singer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sinker)
- **seeker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sinker)

## Common misspellings (9)
`isnker`, `sikner`, `sinekr`, `sinkerr`, `sinkker`, `sinkre`, `sinnker`, `sniker`, `ssinker`

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