arak
/əˈɹæk/noun
arak is spelled A-R-A-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arak means “A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arak is araks.
How many letters and syllables are in arak?
| Letters | 4: A-R-A-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 arak?
Arak appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 arak?
- /əˈɹæk/
- /ˈɛɹ.ɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-arak.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with arak
Also written: rack.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with arak?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arak.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: kara.
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 arak
- araks plural
- araq
- arrack
- rack
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
- 2
Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers or sugar cane)
- 3
A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica).
They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kohl, and are constantly polishing their teeth with twigs of green arak-wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arak in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a Middle Eastern aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arak come from?
From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat”), a reference to the condensate in the distillation process. Doublet of ara, raki, and rakija.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).