stinker
/ˈstɪŋ.kɚ/noun
stinker is spelled S-T-I-N-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stinker means “One who stinks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stinker is stinkers.
How many letters and syllables are in stinker?
| Letters | 7: S-T-I-N-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th 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; 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 stinker?
Stinker appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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 stinker?
- UK /ˈstɪŋ.kə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈstɪŋ.kɚ/
Stinker has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-stinker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stinker?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stinker from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋkəɹ/):
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 stinker
- stinkers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stinker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who stinks.
Skunks are the worst stinkers in the animal kingdom.
- 2
slangA contemptible person or thing.
- 3
slangSomething difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
Today's crossword is a stinker.
- 4
UKslangSomething of poor quality.
- 5
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
- 6
slangA chemist.
- 7
AustraliaslangA hot day.
- 8
AustraliaslangA black eye.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stinker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who stinks:
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 stinker come from?
From stink + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).