# sticker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɪkə/ · frequency rank #11,127

## Definitions
1. Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
2. One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
3. An adhesive label or decal.
4. A price tag.
5. The listed price (also sticker price).
6. A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
7. A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
8. That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
9. A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).
10. A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
11. A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
12. A paster.
13. A bayonet.

## Etymology
From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).

## Easily confused with
- **sticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-sticks)
- **sticky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-sticky)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-sucker)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stoker)
- **striker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-striker)
- **stocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stocked)
- **stinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stinger)
- **stiffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stiffer)
- **Stryker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stryker)
- **stiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stiller)
- **stricken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stricken)
- **stricter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticker-vs-stricter)
- **stick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stick-vs-sticker)
- **spicer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-sticker)
- **sicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sicker-vs-sticker)
- **sinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sticker)
- **stacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacked-vs-sticker)
- **stalker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-sticker)
- **shocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shocker-vs-sticker)
- **slacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacker-vs-sticker)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sitcker`, `ssticker`, `stciker`, `sticcker`, `sticekr`, `stickerr`, `stickker`, `stickre`, `stikcer`, `stticker`, `tsicker`

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