amuck
/əˈmʌk/
"amuck" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amuck” is uncommon English (frequency #89,101 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,101
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of amok.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amuck · amuck · English
amuck · rank #89,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,101
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amaru
Nearest frequency peer: amaru (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “amuck”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- allopathic
allopathic
10,908 corpus weight
- almshouse
almshouse
10,906 corpus weight
- amaru
amaru
10,902 corpus weight
- amuck
amuck
10,900 corpus weight
- apposite
apposite
10,895 corpus weight
- Apulia
Apulia
10,894 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amuck” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amuck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈmʌk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amuck” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amuck is uncommon English at frequency #89,101 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈmʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of amok.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for amuck, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is amuck, spelled A-M-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of amok.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amuck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
when, like the inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, they ran amuck, and made it their habit to destroy life[…]
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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