wicket

Where “wicket” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
2. 2
   A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
3. 3
   A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
4. 4
   a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
5. 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.
6. 6
   A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
7. 7
   The job of a wicketkeeper while the team is bowling.
8. 8
   The period during which two batsmen bat together.
9. 9
   The pitch.
10. 10
    The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
11. 11
    Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
12. 12
    A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
13. 13
    A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
14. 14
    The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
15. 15
    An angle bracket when used in HTML.
16. 16
    A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wiket, from Old Norse (specifically, Old East Norse) víkjas, diminutive of vík. Compare modern French guichet, ultimately from the same Old Norse source.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iwcket,wciket,wiccket,wicekt,wickett,wickket,wickte,wikcet,wwicket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wicket - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

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