snickers
/ˈsnɪkəɹz/noun, verb
snickers is spelled S-N-I-C-K-E-R-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snickers means “plural of snicker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in snickers?
| Letters | 8: S-N-I-C-K-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th 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 snickers?
Snickers appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 snickers?
- UK /ˈsnɪkəz/
- US /ˈsnɪkəɹz/
Snickers 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Snickers.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snickers?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as snickers from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkəɹz/):
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).
What does snickers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of snicker
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of snicker
noun
- 1
A chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, with a peanut, caramel and nougat filling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snickers in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chocolate bar:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Snickers |
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 snickers come from?
Coined in 1930, from the name of a favorite horse owned by the Mars family, from snicker (“to whinny”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).