truckle
/ˈtɹʌkəl/noun, verb
truckle is spelled T-R-U-C-K-L-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, truckle means “A small wheel; a caster or pulley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of truckle is truckles.
How many letters and syllables are in truckle?
| Letters | 7: T-R-U-C-K-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is truckle?
Truckle appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 truckle?
- /ˈtɹʌkəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-truckle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of truckle
- truckles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- troccle
- truckling participle, present
- truckled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does truckle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
- 2
A small wheel of cheese.
- 3
Ellipsis of truckle bed.
verb
- 1
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
- 2
To sleep in a truckle bed.
- 3
To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does truckle come from?
From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).