arkan
noun
arkan is spelled A-R-K-A-N: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arkan means “The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in arkan?
| Letters | 5: A-R-K-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th 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 arkan?
Arkan appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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).
What rhymes with arkan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arkan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rakan.
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 arkan
- rukn singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arkan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh.
- 2
A Ukrainian folk dance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does arkan come from?
Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).