# Clark

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /klɑː(ɹ)k/ · frequency rank #3,744

## Definitions
1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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## Etymology
From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.

## Easily confused with
- **clay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clay)
- **cork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-cork)
- **claw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-claw)
- **czar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-czar)
- **class** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-class)
- **clear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clear)
- **click** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-click)
- **clock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clock)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-crack)
- **clerk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clerk)
- **clash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clash)
- **crank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-crank)
- **cloak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-cloak)
- **claws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-claws)
- **Claus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-claus)
- **clasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clasp)
- **clays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clays)
- **clary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clary)
- **clink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clink)
- **Clarke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clarke)

## Common misspellings (8)
`calrk`, `cclark`, `clakr`, `clarkk`, `clarrk`, `cllark`, `clrak`, `lcark`

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