sprocket
/ˈspɹɒkɪt/noun
sprocket is spelled S-P-R-O-C-K-E-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sprocket means “A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sprocket is sprockets.
How many letters and syllables are in sprocket?
| Letters | 8: S-P-R-O-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,633rd 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 sprocket?
Sprocket appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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 sprocket?
- UK /ˈspɹɒkɪt/
Sprocket 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-us-sprocket.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sprocket?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sprocket from its last stressed vowel (/ɒkɪt/, British pronunciation):
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 sprocket
- sprockets plural
- splocket
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sprocket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
- 2
The tooth of such a wheel.
- 3
A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
- 4
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sprocket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pignon , dent , coyau |
| German | Kettenrad, Ritzel, Zahnkranz , Aufschiebling, Eselsohr |
| Portuguese | pinhão |
| Spanish | corona |
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 sprocket come from?
Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).