# wicker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɪkə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #29,146

## Definitions
1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
2. Wickerwork.

## Etymology
From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.

## Easily confused with
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wider)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wiser)
- **wiper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wiper)
- **winter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-winter)
- **winner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-winner)
- **worker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-worker)
- **wicket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wicket)
- **winger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-winger)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wilder)
- **Wilkes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wilkes)
- **wiener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wiener)
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wither)
- **winked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-winked)
- **winder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-winder)
- **Wilmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wilmer)
- **winkler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-winkler)
- **witcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-witcher)
- **wrecker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wrecker)
- **wick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wick-vs-wicker)
- **walker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wicker)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwcker`, `wciker`, `wiccker`, `wicekr`, `wickerr`, `wickker`, `wickre`, `wikcer`, `wwicker`

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