Pollack or pollock?
pollack is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of pollock”; pollock is a noun meaning “Pollachius pollachius”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) pollock is about 2.4 times as common as pollack.
What is the difference between pollack and pollock?
| pollack | pollock | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of pollock Alternative spelling of pollock (“fish for pollock”) Alternative spelling of Polack | Pollachius pollachius Pollachius virens To fish for pollock |
| Example | none recorded | YOUNG GARY (Voicing) Shut up, you dumb Pollock! BOB is struck dumb. He just stares at YOUNG GARY |
| Forms | pollacks | pollocks |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈpɑlək/ /ˈpɒlək/ |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words | 1.7 times per million words |
Sources: pollack and pollock 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 pollack and pollock
pollack
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Alternative spelling of pollock
- 2
Alternative spelling of pollock (“fish for pollock”)
- 3
Alternative spelling of Polack
pollock
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Pollachius pollachius
- 2
To fish for pollock
- 3
To splatter, as with paint
- 4
A painting by Jackson Pollock
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Alternative spelling of Polack
YOUNG GARY (Voicing) Shut up, you dumb Pollock! BOB is struck dumb. He just stares at YOUNG GARY
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Pollachius virens
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, pollack or pollock?
pollack appears about once in every 1 million words; pollock 1.7 times per million words.
pollack about once in every 1 million wordspollock 1.7 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).