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Ewok

noun

Ewok is spelled E-W-O-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Ewok means “A member of a fictional, primitive race of teddy-bear-like creatures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Ewok is Ewoks.

How many letters and syllables are in Ewok?

Letters4: E-W-O-K
In writingabout once in every 6 million words; the 71,529th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is Ewok?

Ewok appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th 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 Ewok?

  • US

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-Ewok.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of Ewok

  • Ewoks plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Ewok mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of a fictional, primitive race of teddy-bear-like creatures.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Ewok come from?

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas in 1983 from the syllabic reverse of Wookiee. The name first appeared in the end titles of the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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