carrick
noun
carrick is spelled C-A-R-R-I-C-K: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carrick means “Alternative spelling of carrack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carrick is carricks.
How many letters and syllables are in carrick?
| Letters | 7: C-A-R-R-I-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is carrick?
Carrick appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 carrick?
Carrick has 2 syllables (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).
Words people confuse with carrick
Also written: carrack.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of carrick
- carricks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carrick mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of carrack.
- 2
A greatcoat.
A poor man is robbed of his overcoat (Gogol's "The Greatcoat," or more correctly "The Carrick") […]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).