Pac or pack?
pac is a noun meaning “A moccasin with a sole made of leather or deerskin”; pack is a noun meaning “A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) pack is about 5.4 times as common as pac.
What is the difference between pac and pack?
| pac | pack | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, adjective | noun, verb |
| Meaning | CanadaUSA moccasin with a sole made of leather or deerskin CanadaUSA pac boot | A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack |
| Example | none recorded | The horses carried the packs across the plain |
| Forms | pacs | packs |
| Pronunciation | /pæk/ [pʰæk] | /pæk/ [pʰæk] |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words | 46 times per million words |
Sources: pac and pack in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of pac and pack
pac
- 1
Initialism of programmable automation controller
- 2
Initialism of probably approximately correct
- 3
CanadaUSAlternative form of pack
- 4
Abbreviation of Pacific
- 5
Alternative form of Pac. (abbreviation of Pacific)
- 6
Initialism of proxy auto-config (file)
- 7
CanadaUSA moccasin with a sole made of leather or deerskin
- 8
Initialism of public accounts committee
pack
- 1
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale
The horses carried the packs across the plain
- 2
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
to pack goods in a box; to pack fish
- 3
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- 4
To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into
to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater
- 5
A multitude
a pack of lies
- 6
To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings
The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags
- 7
A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective
- 8
To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside
to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine; pack someone's arm with ice
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, pac or pack?
pac appears 8.5 times per million words; pack 46 times per million words.
pac 8.5 times per million wordspack 46 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).