nark
/nɑːɹk/noun, verb
nark is spelled N-A-R-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nark means “A police spy or informer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nark is narks.
How many letters and syllables are in nark?
| Letters | 4: N-A-R-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nark?
Nark appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 nark?
- UK /nɑːk/
- US /nɑːɹk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-nark.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with nark
Sounds like: narc (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with nark?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nark from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rank, karn.
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).
Forms of nark
- narks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- narc
- narking participle, present
- narked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nark mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandUKslangA police spy or informer.
- 2
AustraliaslangAn unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.
- 3
slangAlternative form of narc (narcotics officer).
verb
- 1
slangTo serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
“If you nark on me, I’ll rip your arms off,” said Tim to his brother, as he passed him a joint.
- 2
slangTo annoy or irritate.
It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
- 3
slangTo complain.
He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
- 4
slangTo stop.
Nark it! I hear someone coming!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nark in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nark come from?
Uncertain. Perhaps from Angloromani nok (“nose”), from Romani nakh, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka), ultimately a doublet of nose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).