# ark

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɑːk/ · frequency rank #10,324

## Definitions
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.
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).

## Easily confused with
- **as** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-as)
- **at** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-at)
- **aw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-aw)
- **AU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-au)
- **AZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-az)
- **av** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-av)
- **ay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-ay)
- **ax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-ax)
- **ask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-ask)
- **art** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-art)
- **ass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-ass)
- **arm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-arm)
- **ate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-ate)
- **ash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-ash)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-ave)
- **aye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-aye)
- **ATM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-atm)
- **awe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-awe)
- **axe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-axe)
- **aww** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ark-vs-aww)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ark