wicket
wick·et/ˈwɪkɪt/noun
wicket is spelled W-I-C-K-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (wick·et). It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wicket means “A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wicket is wickets.
How many letters and syllables are in wicket?
| Letters | 6: W-I-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wick·et |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th 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 wicket?
Wicket appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th 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 wicket?
- /ˈwɪkɪt/
- [ˈwɪkɪt]
- /ˈwɪkət/
Wicket has 2 syllables, split wick·et in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-wicket.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wicket
- wickets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wicket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
- 2
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
As he did so he heard the shuffle of footsteps entering the chapel and the clicking of the confessional wicket.
- 3
CanadaUKA service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
- 4
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
- 5
One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
The umpire placed the wickets 10 minutes before the match started.
- 6
A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
He kept on taking wickets and bowled the opponents team out for 84.
- 7
The job of a wicketkeeper while the team is bowling.
He kept the wicket.
- 8
The period during which two batsmen bat together.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate wicket?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of wicket: W, wkt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wicket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | portillon , guichet |
| German | Türchen, Törchen, Pförtchen, Schlupftür , Schalter , Fensterchen |
| Spanish | ventanilla |
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 wicket come from?
From Middle English wiket, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French wiket, from Old East Old Norse víkjask (“to move oneself, move around”), reflexive of víkja, víkva, ýkva (“to yield, turn, move, go”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną (“to yield, bend, turn”). Compare modern French guichet, ultimately from the same Old Norse source.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).