craic
/kɹæk/noun
craic is spelled C-R-A-I-C: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, craic means “Often preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable company; also, pleasant conversation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in craic?
| Letters | 5: C-R-A-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is craic?
Craic appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th 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 craic?
- US /kɹæk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-craic.ogg, Ga-craic.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with craic
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: crack (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with craic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as craic from its last stressed vowel (/æk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: circa.
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).
What does craic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandOften preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable company; also, pleasant conversation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does craic come from?
Variant of crack, respelled after Irish craic (itself a borrowing from English).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).