# Snickers

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsnɪkəz/ · frequency rank #29,093

## Definitions
1. A chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, with a peanut, caramel and nougat filling.

## Etymology
Coined in 1930, from the name of a favorite horse owned by the Mars family, from snicker (“to whinny”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **sticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snickers-vs-sticker)
- **sicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sicker-vs-snickers)
- **sneakers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneakers-vs-snickers)

## Common misspellings (13)
`nsickers`, `sinckers`, `sncikers`, `snicckers`, `snicekrs`, `snickerrs`, `snickerss`, `snickesr`, `snickkers`, `snickres`, `snikcers`, `snnickers`, `ssnickers`

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