cark
/kɑː(ɹ)k/verb
cark is spelled C-A-R-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, cark means “Pronunciation spelling of caulk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cark?
| Letters | 4: C-A-R-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th 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 cark?
Cark appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 cark?
- /kɑː(ɹ)k/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cark.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cark?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cark.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rack.
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 cark
- carks present, singular, he/she/it
- carking participle, present
- carked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cark mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of caulk.
- 2
obsoleteTo be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
- 3
obsoleteTo bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
Carnal pleasures are the sins of youth: ambition and the love of power, the sins of middle age: covetousness and carking cares, the crimes of old age.
- 4
archaicTo labor anxiously.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA noxious or corroding worry.
- 2
obsoleteThe state of being filled with worry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cark come from?
From caulk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).