suckered

adj

"suckered" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suckered” is uncommon English (frequency #62,540 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,540
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Equipped with a sucker or suckers.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suckered · suckered · English

suckered · rank #62,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,540
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH subsidise

Nearest frequency peer: subsidise (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “suckered”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “suckered” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suckered
PropertyValue
Headwordsuckered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “suckered” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).suckeredfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “subsidise” (#62,539), “strychnine” (#62,538), “sulphuric” (#62,542). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suckered” is #62,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suckered is uncommon English at frequency #62,540 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Equipped with a sucker or suckers.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for suckered, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is suckered, spelled S-U-C-K-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Equipped with a sucker or suckers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how suckered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The joystick had a suckered base to keep it on the table.
  2. On September 19, six mature stalks, each from a separate hill, were taken from a suckered row and eleven from an unsuckered row alongside.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suckered"?
"suckered" is spelled S-U-C-K-E-R-E-D.
What does "suckered" mean?
As an adjective, "suckered" means: Equipped with a sucker or suckers.
What language does "suckered" come from?
"suckered" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suckered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list