ark
/ɑɹk/noun
ark is spelled A-R-K: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Ark, the name). People search “arc vs ark” about 590 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, ark means “A large box with a flat lid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ark is arks.
How many letters and syllables are in ark?
| Letters | 3: A-R-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ark?
Ark appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Ark, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ark?
- UK /ɑːk/
- US /ɑɹk/
Ark has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-arc.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with ark
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: arc (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ark?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ark from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹk/):
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 ark
- arks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ark mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large box with a flat lid.
- 2
The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge; Noah's ark.
- 3
Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
the Ark of Bukhara
- 4
The body as a vessel.
- 5
A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
- 6
The Ark of the Covenant.
- 7
A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ark in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 ark come from?
From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“to enclose”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).