striker
/ˈstɹaɪkɚ/noun
striker is spelled S-T-R-I-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, striker means “A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of striker is strikers.
How many letters and syllables are in striker?
| Letters | 7: S-T-R-I-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is striker?
Striker appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 striker?
- /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/
- /ˈstɹaɪkə/
Striker 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-au-striker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of striker
- strikers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does striker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- 2
A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- 3
A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- 4
A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- 5
A piece of rough material on which matches are struck (that is, against which the matchhead is rubbed).
- 6
A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- 7
A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- 8
One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Striker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who is on strike:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gréviste |
| German | Streikender, Streikende |
| Portuguese | grevista |
| Spanish | huelguista, huelguero |
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 striker come from?
From strike + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).