winker
wink·er/ˈwɪŋkəɹ/noun
winker is spelled W-I-N-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (wink·er). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, winker means “A person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of winker is winkers.
How many letters and syllables are in winker?
| Letters | 6: W-I-N-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wink·er |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is winker?
Winker appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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 winker?
- UK /ˈwɪŋkə/
- US /ˈwɪŋkəɹ/
Winker has 2 syllables, split wink·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-winker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with winker?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as winker from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋkəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of winker
- winkers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does winker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
- 2
A person who connives with another; a conniver.
- 3
informalSynonym of turn signal (“each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which is used to indicate that the vehicle is moving left or right”); a blinker, an indicator.
- 4
Synonym of blinker (“a shield attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal to prevent it from seeing things behind it and to its side”).
- 5
A small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, which controls variations of wind pressure.
- 6
The nictitating membrane (“transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid”) of a birds's eye.
- 7
UKslangAn eye.
- 8
UKUSslangAn eyelash.
- 9
Clipping of tiddlywinker (“a player of the game of tiddlywinks”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does winker come from?
From wink (“blinking of only one eye”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).