Ark of the Covenant

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"ark-of-the-covenant" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Ark of the Covenant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.

Key facts for Ark of the Covenant
PropertyValue
HeadwordArk of the Covenant
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ark of the Covenant” sits in English frequency

Ark of the Covenant falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ark of the Covenant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ark of the Covenant, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Ark of the Covenant, spelled A-R-K- -O-F- -T-H-E- -C-O-V-E-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.

This word in other languages

arca de la Alianza(Español)arche d’alliance(Français)Bundeslade(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ark of the Covenant"?
"Ark of the Covenant" is spelled A-R-K- -O-F- -T-H-E- -C-O-V-E-N-A-N-T.
What does "Ark of the Covenant" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ark of the Covenant" means: The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.
What language does "Ark of the Covenant" come from?
"Ark of the Covenant" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Ark of the Covenant”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-R-K- -O-F- -T-H-E- -C-O-V-E-N-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list