yakker

noun

"yakker" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“yakker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who yaks; a chatterbox or motormouth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-yakker · yakker · English

yakker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Y" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for yakker
PropertyValue
Headwordyakker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “yakker” in English

yakkerranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yakker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who yaks; a chatterbox or motormouth.".

Zero misspellings are on record for yakker in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From yak + -er. The correct English form is yakker, spelled Y-A-K-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who yaks; a chatterbox or motormouth.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how yakker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers? Wastin' time with all the chat room yakkers?
  2. “We Norwegians are great readers,” Mrs. Nygren took the opportunity to remark. “And great yakkers,” Mr. Söderblad muttered.

Etymology

From yak + -er.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yakker"?
"yakker" is spelled Y-A-K-K-E-R.
What does "yakker" mean?
As a noun, "yakker" means: One who yaks; a chatterbox or motormouth.
What is the origin of the word "yakker"?
From yak + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list