# lark

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɑːk/ · frequency rank #24,221

## Definitions
1. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
2. Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
3. One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
4. A jolly or peppy person.

## Etymology
From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwarikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ, *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.

## Easily confused with
- **LR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lr)
- **law** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-law)
- **lay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lay)
- **las** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-las)
- **lax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lax)
- **Lau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lau)
- **LAT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lat)
- **LRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lrt)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lor)
- **Luk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-luk)
- **lav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lav)
- **last** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-last)
- **look** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-look)
- **late** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-late)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lord)
- **link** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-link)
- **luck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-luck)
- **laws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-laws)
- **lock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lock)
- **lazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lark-vs-lazy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`alrk`, `lakr`, `larkk`, `larrk`, `llark`, `lrak`

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